Tampa Bay Lightning (12-11-5) vs. Seattle Kraken (8-13-6)
The NHL betting action goes on Saturday, December 9, with the Tampa Bay Lightning facing off against the Seattle Kraken in the interconference battle at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, with the puck drop at 10:00 PM ET.
Tampa Bay and Seattle wrap up their two-game regular-season series. Back in October, the Kraken outlasted the Lightning 4-3 in overtime. Seattle is a +110 home underdog for Saturday’s clash, and the total sits at 6.5 goals.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning are coming off Thursday’s 5-1 defeat at the Nashville Predators. After a couple of home wins against the Dallas Stars 4-0 and Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1, the Lightning opened a five-game road trip with a heavy loss.
It was Tampa Bay’s fifth defeat in seven games. The Bolts broke the deadlock after 13:32 of play in the first period, but it was all we saw from Tampa Bay in Nashville. They went 0-for-4 with the man advantage while allowing the Predators to convert two of their three power-play opportunities.
Jonas Johansson yielded four goals on 29 shots last Thursday and fell to 8-6-5 on the season. He holds a 3.47 GAA and a .891 save percentage, while Andrei Vasilevskiy is 3-3-0 with a 2.67 GAA and a .899 save percentage this season. The Bolts are 11th in the NHL in goals for (3.25) and 30th in goals against (3.54).