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Arizona Coyotes vs Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 31, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET

Venue: Amalie Arena — Tampa, FL

Article updated Dec 30, 10:15 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Arizona is on the road playing Tampa Bay at the Amalie Arena stadium on Saturday, 12/31/2022 @ 5:00pm EST. Tampa Bay -339 was the opening favorite and current line is Tampa

Game outlook

Arizona is on the road playing Tampa Bay at the Amalie Arena stadium on Saturday, 12/31/2022 @ 5:00pm EST. Tampa Bay -339 was the opening favorite and current line is Tampa Bay -345.

Arizona Highlights

With a power ranking of 30, Arizona is ranked #26 in offense (scoring an average of 2.91 per game), #27 in defense (allowing an average of 3.62 points to be scored against them per game) and are 13-16-5 this season.

Tampa Bay Highlights

Tampa Bay Lightning has a power ranking of 5 and are #4 for offense (scoring an average of 3.56 per game), #13 for defense (giving up an average of 3.62 points per game) and 7-3 overall. Arizona went 2-1-0 in their last 3 matchups against Tampa Bay.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Tampa Bay Lightning to win and the total score to be 6. 59% of SportsJaw players predict Tampa Bay Lightning to win. OddsShark 's prediction is Tampa Bay will win and the total will go over.

O: 0.5% picked Arizona Coyotes on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Coyotes 2 to Lightning 4.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Coyotes 2 to Lightning 4.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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SportsJaw published this archived preview from its original game-day article. Its prediction and quoted lines are preserved as written.

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SportsJaw Coyotes vs Lightning archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Coyotes vs Lightning matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Arizona Coyotes+296 → +280Moved
  • Moneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning-339 → -345Moved
  • Spread · Arizona Coyotes+1.5 (+115) → +1.5 (+115)Unchanged
  • Spread · Tampa Bay Lightning-1.5 (-135) → -1.5 (-135)Unchanged
  • Total · Over6 (-110) → 6 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6 (-110) → 6 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Arizona Coyotes
36-41-5 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 7-3-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Tampa Bay Lightning
7-3 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 3-6-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-31T03:15:46.239Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

No completed head-to-head result is available in the current history window.

Final result

Matchup pick recap

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Arizona Coyotes 5-3

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Arizona Coyotes 5-3 on December 31, 2022, a 2-goal decision in the series. Tampa Bay Lightning's strongest period was the 2nd period, when it outscored its opponent 3-1. Against SportsJaw's recorded Arizona Coyotes +1.5 (+115) spread, Tampa Bay Lightning covered, while the 8 combined goals finished over the recorded total of 6.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • Altuve27Moneyline · Arizona Coyotes +296Loss
  • Teddy718Moneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -339Win
  • AliencreationTotal · Over 6 (-110)Win
  • NutinbutlocksMoneyline · Arizona Coyotes +290Loss
  • DocthizzMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -350Win
  • CoversMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -350Win
  • CoolioMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -350Win
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -350Win
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 6 (-110)Win
  • AliencreationSpread · Tampa Bay Lightning -1.5 (-135)Win