Seattle Kraken vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay has allowed eight goals in its past four games, and Andrei Vasilevskiy has won three of his four starts while allowing eight goals in that span. Vasilevskiy has a 2.38 goals-against average with a .910 save percentage and two shutouts this season. Seattle goalie Joey Daccord, who is 12-6-2, also is having a fine season with a 2.42 GAA and a .916 save percentage. Daccord has yielded five goals in his past three games, including 32 saves through overtime in the Kraken's 2-1 shootout loss to Florida on Tuesday. Seattle is 5-1 UNDER after scoring at least five goals in its previous game and 4-1 UNDER versus a team that scored five or more goals in its last match. Seattle is 4-1-1 UNDER its past six games against teams with winning records. Take the UNDER.

Tampa Bay won the first four meetings with Seattle and then lost in overtime 4-3 on Oct. 30 and the Lightning look for payback tonight against the struggling Kraken, who have lost six in a row while scoring only 10 goals in that span. The Kraken lost 2-1 to New Jersey on Thursday even with a 39-17 shot advantage. Seattle is 0-5 after allowing two or fewer goals its previous game and 0-5 after scoring two or fewer. The Lightning had a two-game win streak snapped in a 5-1 loss at Nashville with Jonas Johansson in net. Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected back for this game after winning his past two starts while allowing just one goal. The Kraken have won just eight of 27 games this season. Take the Lightning as a Max Play.

The Seattle Kraken have played some leaky defense in their last six games where they have allowed 22 total goals, or 4.67 goals per game. There are signs they are making a better effort because the last two games have seen them allow fewer goals than the previous four, which were all four goals or more. Tampa Bay has offset a poor start by winning three of its last four games, and the last two were both by shutout, That will bring a lot of bettors into the betting market wanting to jump on the bandwagon and pad the line. Actually, a team off of shutting out their last two opponents is a poor bet, as they have a negative 11.8% ROI in their next game covering almost 200 games. Make the play on Seattle.

Seattle finally is home following a seven-game trip in which it incredibly won all of them, but that puts the Kraken in a letdown situation as they might ease up at home after such a tremendous run. The Kraken are 1-4 at home following a road trip of at least seven days the last two seasons. Tampa Bay has been impressive also lately winning seven of nine, including its last three after defeating St. Louis 4-2 on Saturday. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 23 saves and Braydon Point had two goals and an assist for the Lightning and Vasilevskiy improved to 19-10-1 with a 2.50 goals-against average. Tampa Bay has won all three meetings with Seattle the last two seasons and the Lightning have won seven of nine versus a team that scored at least five goals its previous game and they are 39-12 overall against Pacific Division teams. Take the Lightning.