On the NHL schedule, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Anaheim Ducks will face off against each other at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, with puck drop scheduled for 10:00 p.m. ET on TNT.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 3-4 record-wise with 6 points so far this season in the Atlantic Division. The Anaheim Ducks are 1-4-1 record-wise so far this season in the Pacific Division.
Tampa Bay’s head coach is Jon Cooper. Anaheim’s head coach is Dallas Eakins. The Lightning’s record against the spread so far this season is 3-3. The Ducks’s record against the spread so far this season is 1-5.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Anaheim Ducks
Teams’ Odds Breakdown
Lightning Odds
For the Lightning vs Ducks Best Bets, Tampa Bay’s odds are (-1.5), and the NHL odds for them to cover the spread in this hockey game are +175.
On the money line, they have -134 odds to win the hockey game outright. The over/under for this hockey game is set at 6.5 goals, with the over at -108 odds and the under at -102 odds.
Ducks Current Odds
For the Lightning vs Ducks Best Bets, Anaheim’s odds are (+1.5), and the odds for them to cover the spread in this hockey are at -205. The money line for them to win this hockey game outright is at -205.
Teams’ Strengths and Weaknesses
Tampa Bay Lightning
Some of the strengths on this Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team is their goal scoring. They have no injuries on the NHL injury report.
Tampa Bay’s leading goal scorer is Steven Stamkos, with seven. He and Nikita Kucherov have nine points to start the 2022-2023 regular season for Tampa Bay.
Their weakness is the blueline and fatigue from past postseasons. Andrei Vasilevskiy is another strength for this hockey team in the net, but he will not start in this hockey game. It will be Brian Elliott.
Anaheim Ducks Strength And Weakness
One of the strengths of this hockey team is the young players in Trevor Zegras and Troy Terry.
They each have 7 points to start the 2022-2023 regular season. Those are some of the NHL team stats for the Anaheim Ducks.
Their major weakness is defense and goaltending. John Klingberg is not off to a good start, and neither is goalie John Gibson.
Team Season Forecast
Season Forecast for the Tampa Bay Lightning
Lightning Odds this season is for them is to take a step back a little bit because they have been to three consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, and it is showing early on to start the 2022-2023 NHL regular season.
Tampa Bay has the talent to get back to the playoffs this season and make some noise, but it is really going to be hard for them to get to four consecutive Stanley Cup Finals under head coach Jon Cooper.
At some point, the wear and tear for this hockey team is going to show big time for them.
Season Forecast for the Anaheim Ducks
The Ducks Picks for the 2022-2023 regular season is for them to continue a rebuild under head coach Dallas Eakins, but they are going to need to show some life and signs of potential for this young core moving forward.
Anaheim has not shown much progress to start the 2022-2023 regular season, and they are going to need to show it sooner rather than later.
If they don’t show progress sooner rather than later, they might have to make a coaching change.
What to Expect from this matchup?
In this match-up, expect the Tampa Bay Lightning to bounce back after a rough 4-2 loss on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Kings on the road.
Tampa Bay needs this game because if they don’t win this one, there are going to be many questions as to how fatigued this franchise is from the grind over the past three seasons.
Lightning vs. Ducks Best Bets
The Anaheim Ducks are one of the worst teams in the NHL, and Lightning vs Ducks best bets would be to pick against Anaheim and take Tampa Bay in this hockey game.
NHL Pick: Lightning (-135)
NHL Pick: Lightning -1.5 (+175)
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