New York Islanders vsTampa Bay Lightning Prediction
The Tampa Bay Lightning are solid 64.6 percent favorites over the New York Islanders. The Lightning are favored by AccuScore simulations partly because they have a +2 edge in shots on goal and are projected for 29 shots on goal vs 27 shots for the Islanders. The Lightning goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at 92.3% compared to the Islanders goalie(s) who have a forecasted save percentage of 89.9%. KEY PLAYER STATISTICAL DATA --- SAVES: Ilya Sorokin 26, A. Vasilevskiy 25 SHOTS: Mathew Barzal 2.9, Steven Stamkos 2.4 GOALS: Brock Nelson 0.44, Alex Killorn 0.46 PTS: Mathew Barzal has a 38% chance of scoring at least 1 point and Steven Stamkos has a 45% chance of 1+PTs