Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction and Betting Odds November 11

Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Preview

The Capitals are bottom 10 in the NHL in goals scored per game with 2.73. The Lightning are in the middle of the pack with 3.23 goals scored per game. WagerTalk NHL handicapper Kevin Dolan breaks down tonight’s Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning from a variety of handicapping angles with puck dropping at 7:00pm ET.

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Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Odds

Friday, November 11	NHL Betting Notes
Moneyline:	Washington Capitals +120 vs Tampa Bay Lightning -140
Puckline:	Capitals +1.5 (-190) / Lightning -1.5 (+160)
Total:	6.5 (Over +100 / Under -120)
Arena:	Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings)
Game Time:	7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Analysis

Two teams in some inconsistent form of late meet on Friday as the Tampa Bay Lightning, who have alternated wins and losses since the start of November, travel over to the capital to take on Washington later tonight.

The Capitals for their part have won just one of their last six games overall as they slumped to yet another 4-1 defeat at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.

The two teams met three times last year with Tampa Bay winning two of the three games overall. However, all of those games last season were decided by no more than one goal in what were some extremely tight contests between the pair.

Tampa Bay Slowed Down By Kane’s Injury

After winning four of their previous five starts heading into Tuesday’s matchup against the Edmonton Oilers, the Lightning definitely weren’t short on confidence heading into that one.

However, after starting fast in that game, putting up over twice the number of shots on Edmonton in the 1st period alone, Evander Kane’s ugly injury for the Oilers slowed the pace of the game right down, with Lightning coach Jon Cooper describing it as the energy getting sucked out of the building.

That slowed the Lightning’s momentum in that one with the Oilers eventually going on to win the game 3-2, so Cooper and company will be hoping Tampa can get back to their usual high-tempo style later tonight against the Capitals.

Washington Strong At Home Against The Lightning

Despite their recent struggles overall in the league, the Capitals have one huge factor to fall back on ahead of this clash on Friday and that’s their tremendous head-to-head record against Tampa Bay over recent seasons.

Washington have won 15 of their last 21 matchups against the Lightning inside the Capital One Arena, and will no doubt look to lean on that strong historical trend tonight also as they look to get back in the win column.

Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction

We’re going to side with the Tampa Bay Lightning in this one as mid-priced road favorites to get the road win over the Washington Capitals later tonight.

Tampa Bay rank top ten in the league this year on overall offensive xG and on high-danger creation rate also.

They face a Washington team tonight that ranks 30th in the league on overall defensive xGA this season and 27th on total opponent scoring chances allowed this year as well. Take the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday to win outright on the road against the Washington Capitals.

Prediction: Tampa Bay Lightning Moneyline -140

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‘The sharpest sports mind in Ireland’ is how one prominent newspaper dubbed Kevin Dolan after he became the first foreigner ever to win the World Series of Handicapping tournament back in 2015. “The Irishman” made his start wagering on GAA, football, soccer and boxing, all to immense success.

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