Odds, tips and predictions for the Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay Lightning

The Vancouver Canucks (0-0-2) take over Tampa Bay Lightning (1-0-0) Tuesday. Puck drop from Amalie Arena is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze the 24/7 NHL odds from BetMGM Sportsbook Canucks vs. Lightning Opportunities and meet our NHL expert picks and predictions.

Season Series: First Meeting; Last season it was a 1-1 draw

The Canucks have eliminated two heartbreakers in a row to start the season, both of which are close to -200 home favorites. They lost 6-5 in OT to the Calgary Flames on Wednesday and 3-2 in a shootout to the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. C Elias Pettersson has only managed 1 assist and 2 shots on goal in the two games so far.

The Bolts defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Friday as +134 underdogs. The game was 1-1 in the middle of the third period Nikita Kucherov made the breakthrough with a natural hat trick and secured victory.

Vancouver and Tampa Bay faced each other twice last season, with each team preserving home ice.

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Canucks with Lightning odds

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• Moneyline (ML): Canucks +115 (bet $100 to win $115) | Lightning -135 (bet $135 to win $100)
• Puck Line (PL)/Against the Spread (ATS): Canucks +1.5 (-225) | Lightning -1.5 (+180)
• Over/Under (O/U): 6.5 (O: +100 | U: -120)

Canucks at Lightning were projected goaltenders

Arthur Silovs (0-0-1, 5.90 GAA, .769 SV%) vs. Andrei Vasilevskiy (1-0-0, 1.00 GAA, 0.952 SV%)

Silovs suffered six goals on 26 shots in the season opener against the Flames. The 23-year-old was a standout in last season’s playoffs and will be the guy while G Thatcher Demko is recovering from an injury.

“Vassy” stopped 20 of 21 shots the Hurricanes fired at him on Friday. He had a late start to last season due to back surgery and really wasn’t quite himself in numbers. He faced the Canucks once last season, stopping 18 of 21 games in a 4-1 loss.

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Canucks at Lightning tips and predictions

forecast

Lightning 3, Canucks 2

Money line

TAMPA BAY (-135) has won 8 of the last 10 meetings against Vancouver and has not lost at home to the Canucks since October 2018. The Lightning are always a tough draw at home, and while without C, they are still recalibrating offensively Steven Stamkosthey do it on Tuesday night – Stamkos signed a free agent contract with the Nashville Predators in the offseason.

TAKE FLASH (-135).

Puck Line/Against the Spread

The Lightning offense runs through Kucherov. He had 6 shots on goal (SOG) in Friday’s win over the Flames and he had 7 SOG games in last season’s win over the Canucks.

Take NIKITA KUCHEROV OVER 3.5 SHOTS (-115).

Over/Under

Vancouver is 1-1 O/U; Tampa Bay is 0-1 O/U. The Lightning will need time for their offense to blossom. So I don’t think they will score the five goals needed to get a win here with Vasilevskiy between the posts.

TAKE UNDER 6.5 (-120).

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