Canucks visit Tampa to Take on Top Team in NHL

Tampa Keeps on Rolling

This Thursday at 7:30 PM ET on Sportsnet, the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning welcome the Vancouver Canucks to town in a rematch between teams that met less than a week ago. Vancouver will attempt to deliver some payback as a significant underdog on Lightning home ice.

Oddsmakers have Lightning as -260-moneyline favorites. The total is at 6Under -120.

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Tampa Bay continues to impress. There are no better duos in the league than Tampa’s Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos. The Lightning stars have combined for 126 points through 53 games so far this season; it’s by far the highest point total of two teammates. Those numbers have buttressed the Lightning to the top offense in the league, which scores an average of 3.53 goals per game.

At the other end of the ice, the Vancouver Canucks’ hopes at a playoff position are over. They’re currently 15 points behind the Minnesota Wild for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference, with five teams to leapfrog. It’s not all dark times in rainy Vancouver, however. Their rookie sensation, Brock Boeser (25 goals, 21 assists) is the early favourite to capture the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year. The future is bright for the Canucks, but they’ll be looking for payback in an upset over Tampa this Thursday.

Recent Form

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Vancouver	21-26-6	-$280.00	2.60	3.23	0-8	21-24	30-23
Tampa Bay	36-14-3	$897.00	3.57	2.64	31-16	5-1	32-21

Team Records

Vancouver Canucks

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	21-26-6	10-14-3	11-12-3	0-5-1	21-21-5	30-23
Last 10	5-5-0	3-2-0	2-3-0	0-1-0	5-4-0	6-4
vs Div	5-9-1	3-5-0	2-4-1	0-1-0	5-8-1	10-5
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	36-14-3	17-5-1	19-9-2	31-13-2	5-1-1	32-21
Last 10	5-5-0	0-2-0	5-3-0	4-5-0	1-0-0	7-3
vs Div	9-3-1	4-0-0	5-3-1	9-2-1	0-1-0	6-7
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	2.60	29	2.64	6
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	2.65	24	2.74	16
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	24.36	2	77.03	26
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.57	1	3.23	27
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.70	2	3.08	16
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	25.00	7	75.56	26

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	O/U	AVG	shots	power play goals	power play percentage	penalty kill percentage	power play chances
Vancouver	4-5-1	7-2-1	2.80	27.50	4	12.12	86.05	33
Tampa Bay	6-3-1	7-2-1	3.10	30.20	6	13.95	87.88	43

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	Total	O/U	away shots	home shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Feb 3, 2018	TB	4	VAN	2	152	5.5	O	28	33	1	0	4	3	25	0	100	75
Dec 16, 2016	TB	2	VAN	4	-102	5	O	27	24	1	1	2	2	50	50	50	50
Dec 8, 2016	VAN	5	TB	1	-223	5	O	30	41	0	0	3	3	0	0	100	100
Jan 9, 2016	TB	3	VAN	2	108	5	P	35	23	0	1	4	2	0	50	50	100
Dec 22, 2015	VAN	2	TB	1	-179	5	U	19	27	0	1	1	10	0	10	90	100
Jan 20, 2015	VAN	1	TB	4	-164	5.5	U	28	26	0	0	7	5	0	0	100	100
Oct 18, 2014	TB	4	VAN	2	-103	5.5	O	24	32	1	1	5	6	20	16.7	83.3	80
Mar 17, 2014	VAN	3	TB	4	-205	5	O	28	30	1	1	3	4	33.3	25	75	66.7
Jan 1, 2014	TB	4	VAN	2	-154	5	O	33	30	1	0	3	2	33.3	0	100	66.7
Jan 10, 2012	VAN	5	TB	4	135	5.5	O	28	31	0	0	4	3	0	0	100	100

NHL Betting Trends

Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 6 games
Vancouver is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 6 games on the road
Vancouver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Vancouver is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Vancouver's last 11 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Vancouver's last 10 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Tampa Bay is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Tampa Bay's last 15 games at home
Tampa Bay is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Vancouver
Tampa Bay is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 11 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 10 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Team Last 5 Games

Vancouver Canucks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Feb 6, 2018	FLA	1-3	L	125	27	40	0/1	3/4	Harri Sateri	A
Feb 3, 2018	TB	2-4	L	152	33	28	0/3	3/4	Andrei Vasilevskiy	H
Feb 1, 2018	CHI	4-2	W	111	21	28	0/2	4/4	Anton Forsberg	H
Jan 30, 2018	COL	4-3	W	100	26	30	1/4	3/4	Jonathan Bernier	H
Jan 25, 2018	BUF	0-4	L	-150	30	26	0/2	2/3	Robin Lehner	H

Tampa Bay Lightning

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Feb 5, 2018	EDM	2-6	L	-143	34	35	1/3	2/4	Cam Talbot	A
Feb 3, 2018	VAN	4-2	W	-168	28	33	1/4	3/3	Jacob Markstrom	A
Feb 1, 2018	CAL	7-4	W	-118	31	46	1/4	1/2	Mike Smith	A
Jan 30, 2018	WPG	1-3	L	-116	24	37	0/4	3/4	Michael Hutchinson	A
Jan 25, 2018	PHI	5-1	W	-114	22	37	0/1	3/4	Michal Neuvirth	A

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