Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars 2/11/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
The American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, will be the venue between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon.
Tampa Bay improved its overall standing to 33-16-2 with 68 points, split their last 24 road matches, and placed third in the Atlantic Division with 15 points behind Boston in first place for the year.
The Lightning looks for their second straight win following a 5-0 blowout win over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.
Tampa Bay’s goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy successfully defended all 30 shots tried against him for a 1.000 save percentage while Brandon Hagel punched two goals with one assist in the win.
The Lightning’s Center Brayden Point netted a team-high 32 goals while RW Nikita Kucherov is Tampa Bay’s top setter with 56 assists and also led in points with 76 on the year.
GK Andrei Vasilevskiy is 24-13-1 at the net with a goals-against average of 2.56 and a save percentage of .918.
The Lightning’s offense posted an average of 3.59 goals per match while their defense has given away an average of 2.96 goals per contest.
While on a power play, Tampa Bay scored 26.7% of the time while its penalty kill unit was successful 79.9% of the time.
The totals went OVER in 6 of the Lightning’s last 9 outings while Tampa Bay is 9-4 straight up in its last 13 matches played.
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 12-4 SU in their last 16 contests played versus Dallas while the totals went OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 road games.
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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars Predictions 2/11/2023
The Dallas Stars will continue protecting their home ice and look for their third straight win with a victory versus the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon.
Dallas improved to 30-13-10 on 70 points overall, 15-5-6 at home, and first in the Central Division with just five points ahead of Winnipeg in second place.
The Stars come into this match-up riding on two consecutive wins including a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild after struggling through a three-game losing skid.
GK Jake Oettinger stopped 38 shots fired against him for a save percentage of .974 in beating the Wild while Jani Hakanpaa and LW Jamie Benn scored one goal each in the win.
Left-winger Jason Robertson led Dallas’ offense with 33 goals scored, 36 assists, and in total points earned 69.
At the pipes, GK Jake Oettinger is 23-7-7 on the season with a save percentage of .926 and a goals-against average of 2.22 per match.
The Stars recorded an average of 3.34 goals per game while their defense gave up an average of 2.53 goals per contest.
While on a power play, Dallas scores 24.8% of the time while its penalty kill squad is successful 83.5% of the time.
The totals went UNDER in 7 of the Stars’ last 7 matches and also went UNDER in 6 of Dallas’ last 6 home contests played.
The Dallas Stars are 2-6 straight up in their last 8 outings when playing at home versus Tampa Bay while the totals went UNDER in 6 of Dallas’ last 6 games played against a rival from the Eastern Conference.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars. The NHL Pick for this contest is Dallas -110. The Stars will dominate this match-up at home with their best and most talented goalkeeper Jake Oettinger defending the goal on Saturday.
Oettinger is 23-7-7 at the nest with a 2.22 goals-against average and tallied four shutout starts on the year. He also won his last two starts while limiting an average of only 1.50 goals in each of those two wins.
The prediction: Dallas Stars will win 3-2.
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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars 2/11/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
NHL Starting Time: 1:00 PM ET
Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023
TV: ABC/ESPN+
NHL Odds/Point Spread: Dallas Stars -110
NHL Totals: 5.5