Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/08/2022

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Friday, April 8, 2022

Venue:  Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL

Where to Watch:  NHL Network

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Bruins +135, Lightning -155; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Bruins +135, Lightning -155; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Bruins +135, Lightning -160; Over/Under:  6 goals

 

Boston Bruins:  44-21-5 (3rd place, Atlantic Division)

Tampa Bay Lightning:  43-20-7 (4th place, Atlantic Division)

 

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Boston Bruins:  7-3 last 10

Tampa Bay Lightning:  4-5-1 last 10

 

 

 

The Bruins are coming into this game with 93 points, a 44-21-5 record overall, and they are 22-10-3 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 3 of their last 4 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 3 game winning streak that they were on. Their 3 wins in that span were against the New Jersey Devils, and the Columbus Blue Jackets twice while their loss came against the Detroit Red Wings in their last game. They lost that game on the road 5-3. Patrice Bergeron, Brandon Carlo, and Erik Haula each scored 1 goal in that one. Patrice Bergeron led the team in shots on goal in that one with 8. Jeremy Swayman was the starting goaltender in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 28 shots with 24 saves and a .857 save percentage. Their offense has scored 222 goals this season averaging 3.2 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 190 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game. 

 

 

The Lightning are coming into this game with 93 points, a 43-20-7 record overall, and they are 21-7-5 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 3 game losing streak. Their last win was against the Chicago Blackhawks while their 3 losses since then have come against the Montreal Canadiens, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Washington Capitals in their last game. They lost that game on the road 4-3. Ross Colton, Nikita Kucherov, and Nick Paul each scored 1 goal in that one. Nikita Kucherov, Nick Paul, and Mikhail Sergachev all led the team in shots on net in that game with 4 each. Andrei Vasilevskiy was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 28 shots with 24 saves and a .857 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 233 goals this season averaging 3.3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 202 goals against them allowing 2.9 goals per game. 

 

 

The Bruins are coming into this game off of a loss in their last game but they have been playing very well recently. They have won 7 of their last 9 games and they won 3 straight games before losing in their last game. They are coming off of a bad loss against the Red Wings in their last game and they are going to be hungry for a bounce back win here. They are going up against a Lightning team that has been struggling recently losing 3 straight games coming into this one. The Lightning have been allowing a lot of goals in those games as well and have allowed at least 4 goals in each of their last 3 games. The Bruins just passed the Lightning in the division for 3rd place and these two are still battling it out to see who will take that final spot in their division. The Bruins have been playing much better and have been heating up in their last few games while the Lightning have gone cold. This is a good chance for the Bruins to jump ahead in the standings more, they will win this game.

 

Bruins Lightning Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Friday, April 8, 2022 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Bruins 4 Lightning 2.

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Boston Bruins: 43-26 (+8u) on the moneyline in all games. 34-17 (+8.6u) on the moneyline after 5 straight games with 30 or more shots on goal. 16-10 OVER after 5 straight games with 30 or more shots on goal.

Tampa Bay Lightning: 2-9 (-15u) on the moneyline after 4 or more consecutive overs. 16-21 (-20.9u) on the moneyline after a road game where both teams score 3 or more goals. 34-21 OVER in a home game where the total is 6 or more.

 

 

Boston Bruins:  D. Pastrnak (RW) Out Fri - Undisclosed injury. H. Lindholm (D) Ques Fri - Lower Body injury. T. Frederic (C) Ques Fri - Upper Body injury. J. Zboril (D) out for season - Knee injury.

Tampa Bay Lightning:  R. McDonagh (D) Mid April - Upper Body injury. B. Seabrook (D) out for season - Shoulder injury.

 

 

 

“We just kind of made mistakes we couldn’t overcome.” - Bruce Cassidy on his team’s loss against the Red Wings on Tuesday night.

 

 

 

“Clearly, Carlson was hot tonight. Everything he was shooting, either he was scoring it or somebody was.” - Jon Cooper on his team’s loss against the Capitals on Wednesday night.

 

 

 

LW Marchand, Brad

C Bergeron, Patrice

RW DeBrusk, Jake

LD Lindholm, Hampus

RD McAvoy, Charlie

G Swayman, Jeremy

 

LW Palat, Ondrej

C Point, Brayden

RW Kucherov, Nikita

LD Hedman, Victor

RD Rutta, Jan

G Vasilevskiy, Andrei

 

 

Points: D. Pastrnak (71)

Goals: D. Pastrnak (38)

Assists: C. McAvoy (42)

GAA: J.Swayman (2.28)

 

Points: S. Stamkos (79)

Goals: S. Stamkos (32)

Assists: V. Hedman (48)

GAA: A. Vasilevskiy (2.46)

 

Coaches:

Boston Bruins: Bruce Cassidy (6th season)

Tampa Bay Lightning: Jon Cooper (10th season)