The Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena. The Philadelphia Flyers look to build on their 2-0 record. The Tampa Bay Lightning look to rebound from their 1-2 start.
The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 25 percent of their power play opportunities. Travis Konecny leads Philadelphia with 3 goals, Ivan Provorov has 3 assists and Scott Laughton has 6 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 2 goals per game and are killing 87.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 4 goals on 67 shots faced.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 2.67 goals per game and are scoring on 25 percent of their power play opportunities. Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay with 4 goals, Nikita Kucherov has 3 assists and Victor Hedman has 10 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 3.67 goals per game and are killing 75 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 5 goals on 67 shots faced, and Brian Elliott has allowed 5 goals on 44 shots.
The Flyers are 15-38 in their last 53 road games and 14-40 in their last 54 overall. The Lightning are 41-17 in their last 58 home games and 59-29 in their last 88 Tuesday games. The under is 4-1-1 in Flyers last 6 overall. The under is 14-6 in Lightning last 20 overall. The Flyers are 3-13 in the last 16 meetings in Tampa Bay and 21-45 in the last 66 meetings. The road team is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings. The favorite is 9-2 in the last 11 meetings.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are going to get the benefit of the doubt from oddsmakers, especially at home, as you’re talking about the best team in hockey over the last 5 years or so. The Philadelphia Flyers probably aren’t as good as they’ve been through their first 2 games, and they have yet to prove they can get the job done on the road. This line makes sense. However, the Lightning have been sluggish out the gate through 3 games, and they’re allowing the fifth most shots up to this point. It won’t last long, but there’s no doubt there’s value as a shot in the dark with the Flyers and a chance to make more than 2 times your money.