The Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins meet Saturday in NHL action at the PPG Paints Arena. The Tampa Bay Lightning look to build on their 1-1 start. The Pittsburgh Penguins look for a quick 2-0 start to the season.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 25 percent of their power play opportunities. Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay with 3 goals, Alex Killorn has 2 assists and Nikita Kucherov has 8 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 87.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 5 goals on 67 shots faced.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are averaging 6 goals per game and are scoring on 33.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Sidney Crosby leads Pittsburgh with 1 goal, Danton Heinen has 2 assists, and Rickard Rakell has 7 shots on goal. Defensively, the Pittsburgh Penguins are allowing 2 goals per game and are killing 100 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Tristan Jarry has allowed 2 goals on 28 shots faced.

The Lightning are 2-5 in their last 7 road games and 2-5 in their last 7 overall. The Penguins are 4-1 in their last 5 home games and 4-10 in their last 14 games playing on 1 days rest. The under is 4-0 in Lightning last 4 overall. The over is 9-0 in Penguins last 9 overall. The Lightning are 6-13 in the last 19 meetings in Pittsburgh. The favorite is 42-20 in the last 62 meetings.

The Pittsburgh Penguins should have the edge given they’re at home, and they have the rest advantage. However, we’re not going to ignore the Tampa Bay Lightning in the underdog role, something you don’t get a lot of the time. The Lightning are usually laying crazy juice, so I say take advantage of this while you can. Also, the Lightning have won 5 of the last 7 meetings against the Penguins. Give me the Lightning and the plus money based on the value.