The Carolina Hurricanes (38-22-4) are favorites when they welcome in the Tampa Bay Lightning (37-22-4) on Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Hurricanes are -135 on the moneyline to win, while the Lightning have +114 moneyline odds.
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Hurricanes to win vs Lightning -135
Hurricanes vs. Lightning Betting Lines
- Favorite: Hurricanes (-135)
- Underdog: Lightning (+114)
- Over/under: 5.5
Hurricanes vs. Lightning Quick Facts
- Carolina’s games this season have gone over 5.5 goals 33 of 64 times.
- So far this season, 52.4% of Tampa Bay’s games (33/63) have had more goals than Tuesday’s over/under of 5.5.
- These two clubs combine to score 6.7 goals per game, 1.2 more than the total set for this match.
- The 5.4 goals per game that these two teams concede combined are 0.1 less than the 5.5-goal total set for this match.
Hurricanes Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Hurricanes Season Stat Insights
- The Hurricanes’ 3.2 average goals per game add up to 204 total, which makes them the 11th-ranked scoring team in the league.
- Carolina is ranked ninth in NHL action for the fewest goals against this season, having conceded 173 in total (2.7 per game).
- With a +31 goal differential, they’re ranked seventh-best in the league.
- The 36 power-play goals Carolina has recorded this season (on 193 chances) rank 20th in the NHL.
- The Hurricanes’ offense has the league’s 25th-ranked power-play conversion rate (18.65%).
- Carolina has scored a total of eight shorthanded goals this season.
- The Hurricanes’ penalty-kill percentage (84.13%) is the league’s second-best.
- The Hurricanes’ players win 52.4% of their faceoffs to rank fifth in the league.
- Carolina has a 10.1% shooting percentage as a team, ranking 20th in the league.
- The Hurricanes’ players are looking for their first shutout win this season. As a team, they are averaging 18.2 hits and 11.6 blocked shots per game.
Hurricanes Moneyline
- In 59 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Carolina has been victorious 35 times.
- In 52 games with moneyline oddds lower than -135, the Hurricanes have 33 wins.
- The moneyline odds say Carolina has a 57.4% chance of winning this game.
Hurricanes Leaders
- Sebastian Aho: 24 goals and 37 assists
- Seth Jarvis: 25 goals and 23 assists
- Andrei Svechnikov: 18 goals and 25 assists
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 23-11-3 record, .903 save percentage, 93 goals conceded
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Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Lightning Season Stats Insights
- The Lightning have scored the third-most goals (223 goals, 3.5 per game) in the league.
- Tampa Bay’s 168 total goals allowed (2.7 per game) are the sixth-fewest in the NHL.
- Their third-best goal differential is +55.
- Tampa Bay has put up 47 power-play goals this season, which are the fifth-most in the NHL (on 180 chances).
- The Lightning have a 26.11% power-play conversion rate, the league’s No. 6 percentage.
- Tampa Bay has scored 10 shorthanded goals.
- The 81.01% penalty-kill percentage the Lightning have registered is the league’s 10th-best rate.
- The Lightning have the NHL’s 16th-ranked faceoff win rate (50.5%).
- Tampa Bay is shooting 12.3% (second in the league).
- The Lightning have not shut out an opponent this season. They average 18 hits and 14.6 blocked shots per game.
Lightning Moneyline Insights
- The Lightning have been an underdog in 17 games this season, with six upset wins (35.3%).
- Tampa Bay is 3-6 when it is underdogs of +114 or longer on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied, based on the moneyline in this matchup, that the Lightning have a 46.7% chance to win.
Lightning Leaders
- Nikita Kucherov: 28 goals and 63 assists
- Brandon Hagel: 30 goals and 40 assists
- Brayden Point: 32 goals and 33 assists
- Andrei Vasilevskiy: 30-17-3 record, .920 save percentage, 111 goals conceded
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