NHL Betting Preview: Ducks vs Lightning

The Anaheim Ducks clash with the Tampa Bay Lightning in this NHL matchup at Benchmark International Arena, with face-off scheduled for 17:00 on Saturday, October 25. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Tight Game Looks Likely

The Ducks and the Lightning could struggle to light the lamp and the -120 that Under 6.5 goals happens could be the bet to have. These odds have plenty of appeal.

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8 Wins for Lightning in Past 10 H2H Games

Anaheim Ducks have won back-to-back games. A 7-5 triumph recently occurred on the road at TD Garden when playing Boston Bruins. Mikael Granlund racked up 5 points, featuring 2 goals and 3 assists.

Tampa Bay Lightning were defeated last time out, making it four losses on the spin. Benchmark International Arena saw them beaten 3-2 at home to Chicago Blackhawks. Jake Guentzel and Ryan McDonagh scored one goal each.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The last head-to-head saw the Lightning claim a 4-3 win over the Ducks at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning have won eight of the previous 10 H2H meetings.

Starting Goalies

Lukas Dostal (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	2-2-1	2.8	.904	0
23/24	14-23-2	3.33	.902	1

Andrei Vasilevskiy (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	0-3-2	3.4	.885	0
23/24	30-20-2	2.9	.900	2

Anaheim Ducks – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 3 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 3.1 goals from 30.8 shots on goal, with a 15.4% powerplay efficiency. The Ducks have been giving up 3.4 goals from 31.9 shots, averaging 3.1 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 80.7%.

Troy Terry and Leo Carlsson are the top points scorers. They have both scored 9 points over the past 10 games, including 3 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Lukas Dostal have a 2.84 goal against average with a .905 save percentage.

Tampa Bay Lightning – Last 10 Games

The Lightning have 2 wins, 6 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 2.8 goals from 24.2 shots on goal, with a 10.9% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.5 goals from 30.1 shots, averaging 5.1 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 92.2%.

The top points scorer is Jake Guentzel with 12 points, 4 goals and 8 assists, while Nikita Kucherov is next in line after having 8 points, 2 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy have a 3.28 GAA with a .888 SV%.

Anaheim Ducks vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction & Picks

Dive into our Anaheim Ducks vs Tampa Bay Lightning betting tips, featuring an expert match prediction, our best correct score pick and a ready-made bet builder designed for value.

Game Prediction

We don’t think that the goal line will be passed in this NHL clash. It leads us to make an Unders pick, with odds of -120 currently on offer that there are less than seven goals.

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Key Ducks vs Lightning stats:

The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 6 of the last 10 Ducks games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 11 of the last 20 Ducks games on the road.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 4 Lightning games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 6 of the last 10 Lightning games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 12 of the last 20 Lightning games.

Under 6.5 Probability

Based on the odds from the top NHL sportsbooks, there’s a 54.6% likelihood of our pick delivering a return. However, we have this figure closer to 60% based on our in-depth research. This is why we regard this as a value wager.

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Totals Under 6.5

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Correct Score Prediction

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We’ve got a correct score prediction which involves the Ducks winning 4-1. Odds of +2500 look appealing and we should get a run for our money here.

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Anaheim Ducks vs Tampa Bay Lightning Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Books Have Lightning as Heavy Favorites

According to the Moneyline betting odds, Tampa Bay Lightning are red-hot -204 favorites with the sportsbooks and that means a 67% chance of winning this game. Anaheim Ducks are trading at bigger odds than their opponents and they can be backed at +168.

The puck line is 1.5 and total goals is 6.5. There is no denying the popularity of wagering on Totals. If you're keen on Over 6.5, this selection is available at -102.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Jake Guentzel Favorite to Find the Net First

There’s the chance to back Jake Guentzel at +900 to be the First Goalscorer. He’s the favorite and available at similar odds to find the net last instead.

Player Goals

Jake Guentzel (Lightning)

Brayden Point (Lightning)

Nikita Kucherov (Lightning)

Brandon Hagel (Lightning)

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Player Assists

Nikita Kucherov (Lightning)

Victor Hedman (Lightning)

Jake Guentzel (Lightning)

Brayden Point (Lightning)

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Player Shots

Nikita Kucherov (Lightning)

Jake Guentzel (Lightning)

Brayden Point (Lightning)

Brandon Hagel (Lightning)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 & H2H

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Last 5 Games

Ducks

NHL: 24/10 Ducks7 Bruins 5
NHL: 22/10 Ducks5 Predators 2
NHL: 20/10 Ducks1 Blackhawks 2
NHL: 17/10 Hurricanes4 Ducks 1
NHL: 15/10 Penguins3 Ducks 4

Lightning

NHL: 24/10 Blackhawks3 Lightning 2
NHL: 19/10 Lightning2 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 18/10 Lightning1 Red Wings 2
NHL: 15/10 Lightning2 Capitals 3
NHL: 13/10 Lightning4 Bruins 3

Head to Head

Anaheim vs Tampa Bay

NHL: 17/01 2025 Ducks 3 Lightning 4
NHL: 06/01 2025 Lightning 1 Ducks 4
NHL: 25/03 2024 Lightning 3 Ducks 2
NHL: 14/01 2024 Ducks 1 Lightning 5
NHL: 22/02 2023 Ducks 1 Lightning 6
NHL: 27/10 2022 Lightning 4 Ducks 2
NHL: 15/04 2022 Ducks 3 Lightning 4
NHL: 22/01 2022 Lightning 1 Ducks 5
NHL: 01/02 2020 Lightning 4 Ducks 3
NHL: 24/11 2019 Ducks 2 Lightning 6

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Anaheim Ducks Stats

Tampa Bay Lightning Stats

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 games
2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.70 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.10 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.80 pts and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.30 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 7.20 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 3.50 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.20 goals and allowed 4.00 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 30.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 7.4
Blocks: 17.2
Faceoff Wins : 27.6
Hits: 24.8
Giveaways: 15.2
Takeaways: 3.7

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 32.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8
Blocks: 16.3
Faceoff Wins : 26.9
Hits: 27
Giveaways: 13.6
Takeaways: 3.8

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 24.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 5.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 12.1
Blocks: 16.5
Faceoff Wins : 27.1
Hits: 23.4
Giveaways: 16.9
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 25.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.3
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 10.5
Blocks: 12.9
Faceoff Wins : 26.2
Hits: 25.7
Giveaways: 16.1
Takeaways: 4.1

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Anaheim Ducks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
64	Mikael Granlund	7	18.89	2	6	8	2
91	Leo Carlsson	7	18.71	3	5	8	1
19	Troy Terry	7	17.64	2	5	7	3

61	Cutter Gauthier	7	18.31	5	1	6	1
37	Mason McTavish	7	18.99	1	5	6	-3
20	Chris Kreider	5	17.44	4	1	5	0
45	Beckett Sennecke	7	17.63	3	2	5	-4
62	Nikita Nesterenko	5	12.04	0	4	4	2
65	Jacob Trouba	7	19.79	1	3	4	7
44	Ross Johnston	6	8.8	1	2	3	2
43	Drew Helleson	7	18.81	2	1	3	-3
17	Alex Killorn	7	15.8	1	1	2	1
25	Ryan Poehling	7	9.79	0	2	2	0
60	Jackson LaCombe	7	24.87	0	2	2	1
7	Radko Gudas	7	15.59	0	2	2	-5
34	Pavel Mintyukov	7	14.13	0	2	2	-2
64	Sam Colangelo	4	11.03	1	0	1	1
77	Frank Vatrano	7	13.13	0	1	1	-7
51	Olen Zellweger	7	19.63	0	1	1	3
74	Ian Moore	1	13.5	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
34	Petr Mrazek	2	5.52	0.828
1	Lukas Dostal	5	2.82	0.904

Tampa Bay Lightning Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
59	Jake Guentzel	7	21.73	2	5	7	-2
21	Brayden Point	7	19.53	2	4	6	-9
77	Victor Hedman	7	24.71	0	5	5	-2

86	Nikita Kucherov	5	20.94	2	3	5	-8
27	Ryan McDonagh	7	21.73	3	2	5	-1
71	Anthony Cirelli	7	19.36	3	1	4	-1
24	Maxwell Crozier	4	13.13	0	3	3	2
43	Darren Raddysh	5	16.9	1	2	3	-4
93	Gage Goncalves	7	12.41	0	3	3	-1
29	Pontus Holmberg	7	12.84	1	2	3	3
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	7	14.19	1	2	3	1
37	Yanni Gourde	7	16.41	2	0	2	2
90	Janis Jerome Moser	5	22.4	1	1	2	-1
38	Brandon Hagel	7	19.69	0	1	1	-6
14	Conor Geekie	6	10.03	0	1	1	0
81	Erik Cernak	7	19.64	0	1	1	-2
78	Emil Lilleberg	7	14.8	0	0	0	-3
41	Mitchell Chaffee	7	9.49	0	0	0	0
	Curtis Douglas	6	5.93	0	0	0	0
62	Jack Finley	3	8.07	0	0	0	0
17	Dominic James	1	10	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
31	Jonas Johansson	2	3.06	0.906
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	5	3.41	0.884

Injuries & Suspensions

Anaheim Ducks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Ryan Strome

Injured

Chris Kreider

Injured

Jansen Harkins

Injured

Radko Gudas

Injured

Tampa Bay Lightning Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Nick Paul

Injured

Maxwell Crozier

Injured

Zemgus Girgensons

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Anaheim Ducks Lineups

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Ducks 7-5 Bruins

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	8	7	1	0	14	0.875	7	7	31	19	12	4-0-0	3-1-0	0-0	7-1	7W
2 Carolina	7	6	1	0	12	0.857	3	5	29	19	10	2-0-0	4-1-0	1-0	6-1	1W
3 Pittsburgh	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	6	6	28	19	9	2-1-0	4-1-0	0-0	6-2	4W
4 Washington	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	5	6	26	14	12	3-2-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-2	2W
5 NY Islanders	7	4	3	0	8	0.571	4	4	27	24	3	3-2-0	1-1-0	0-0	4-3	4W
6 NY Rangers	9	3	4	2	8	0.444	3	3	21	21	0	0-4-1	3-0-1	0-0	3-6	2L
7 Philadelphia	7	3	3	1	7	0.5	2	3	19	18	1	3-1-0	0-2-1	0-0	3-4	1L
8 Columbus	7	3	4	0	6	0.429	3	3	20	21	-1	1-3-0	2-1-0	0-0	3-4	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	3	6	32	27	5	3-1-0	3-2-0	0-0	6-3	1L
2 Detroit	8	5	3	0	10	0.625	4	5	24	25	-1	4-1-0	1-2-0	0-0	5-3	2L
3 Buffalo	8	4	4	0	8	0.5	4	4	24	23	1	4-2-0	0-2-0	0-0	4-4	2W
4 Florida	9	4	5	0	8	0.444	4	4	22	28	-6	3-1-0	1-4-0	0-0	4-5	1L
5 Toronto	8	3	4	1	7	0.438	2	3	27	30	-3	3-2-1	0-2-0	0-0	3-5	3L
6 Ottawa	8	3	4	1	7	0.438	2	2	24	34	-10	2-2-1	1-2-0	1-0	3-5	1W
7 Boston	9	3	6	0	6	0.333	2	3	29	33	-4	2-3-0	1-3-0	0-0	3-6	6L
8 Tampa Bay	7	1	4	2	4	0.286	1	1	18	24	-6	0-3-0	1-1-2	0-0	1-6	4L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	8	5	0	3	13	0.813	5	5	28	19	9	2-0-2	3-0-1	0-2	5-3	2L
2 Winnipeg	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	6	6	28	19	9	3-2-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-2	1W
3 Utah	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	4	6	28	20	8	4-0-0	2-2-0	0-0	6-2	5W
4 Chicago	8	4	2	2	10	0.625	3	4	25	20	5	2-1-1	2-1-1	0-1	4-4	2W
5 Nashville	8	3	3	2	8	0.5	3	3	19	25	-6	2-1-1	1-2-1	0-0	3-5	1W
6 St Louis	7	3	3	1	7	0.5	3	3	20	27	-7	1-3-1	2-0-0	0-0	3-4	2L
7 Dallas	7	3	3	1	7	0.5	2	2	22	26	-4	1-2-1	2-1-0	1-0	3-4	4L
8 Minnesota	8	3	4	1	7	0.438	2	2	21	27	-6	1-1-0	2-3-1	1-0	3-5	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	7	5	0	2	12	0.857	4	5	30	20	10	3-0-1	2-0-1	0-1	5-2	4W
2 Seattle	8	4	2	2	10	0.625	2	4	22	23	-1	2-0-0	2-2-2	0-1	4-4	1W
3 Anaheim	7	4	2	1	9	0.643	3	4	26	25	1	1-1-0	3-1-1	0-0	4-3	2W
4 Edmonton	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	3	4	24	25	-1	2-0-1	2-3-0	0-1	4-4	2W
5 Vancouver	8	4	4	0	8	0.5	3	3	22	24	-2	1-1-0	3-3-0	1-0	4-4	2L
6 LA Kings	8	3	3	2	8	0.5	0	2	22	27	-5	0-2-1	3-1-1	1-1	3-5	2W
7 San Jose	8	1	5	2	4	0.25	0	1	23	37	-14	0-2-2	1-3-0	0-0	1-7	1L
8 Calgary	9	1	7	1	3	0.167	0	0	16	34	-18	0-3-1	1-4-0	1-0	1-8	8L

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Anaheim Ducks vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Under 6.5 Probability

Best Bet

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Correct Score Prediction

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Anaheim Ducks vs Tampa Bay Lightning Odds

Books Have Lightning as Heavy Favorites

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Micro Betting

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Injuries & Suspensions

Anaheim Ducks Injury Table

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