Predators vs Lightning Hockey Predictions & Best Bets

Game outlook

Nashville is on the road playing Tampa Bay at the Amalie Arena stadium on Thursday, 12/8/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Tampa Bay -195 was the opening favorite and current line is Tampa Bay -200.

Nashville Highlights

There have been 81 power play opportunities for Nashville Predators opponents (23rd in professional hockey) with 17 goals scored. So far, the Predators have faced 762 shots and earned a save percentage of .909. There have been 688 shots taken by Nashville and their shooting percentage is 8.9%. At even strength, Nashville has allowed 52 goals while scoring 46 themselves. With 84 power play opportunities, Nashville has added 15 goals, giving them a 17.86% power play percentage. During the course of the season, they have scored 26 points and have posted a .565 points percentage. 61 goals have been scored by the Nashville Predators so far this season (30th in pro hockey) and 69 have been surrendered.

Juuse Saros will be in goal for this game. Saros has allowed 582 goals in his professional career, and his goals against rate is 2.57. During his NHL career, Saros has played 239 games in goal. During his 13,597 minutes guarding the cage, he has a save percentage of .919. 223 games have been started by him, and he has a win-loss record of 123-78-22. Saros has 136 quality starts in his career and a quality starts percentage of .610. There have been 7,166 shots taken against Saros, and he has saved 6,584 of them.

With a power ranking of 24, Nashville is ranked #28 in offense (scoring an average of 2.74 per game), #12 in defense (allowing an average of 3.04 points to be scored against them per game) and are 12-9-2 this season.