Tampa will host Nashville in the regular season match of the National Hockey League. Our sports portal gives a forecast for the game.
Tampa Bay Lightning
On December 7, the Lightning played a home match with Detroit and lost to the opponent with a score of 2:4. Steven Stamkos and Braden Point scored goals in Tampa. Russian Lightning striker Nikita Kucherov earned one scoring point for an assist. In total, John Cooper's team played 25 regular season games this season and scored 31 points. It currently ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference table. The Lightning have won three times in the last five matches.
Nashville Predators
The Predators have been making their fans very happy lately — four wins in five matches. The previous meeting in the regular season, the wards of John Hines held in New York, where they beat the local Islanders with a score of 4:1. Philip Forsberg, Roman Yossi, Matt Duchene and Mikael Granlud scored accurate shots for the winners. In total, the Predators took part in 23 regular season games this season and scored 26 points. Hines' team is currently ranked 10th in the Western Conference table.
Statistics and figures:
- Tampa is the favorite of the match according to the bookmakers.
- In the last face—to-face meetings, the Lightning won 21 victories, the predators - 20.
- The previous game ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of Tampa.
Forecast
In my opinion, the Lightning are rehabilitating themselves in front of their fans for losing the previous match. The "predators" will probably impose a fight on the opponent, but they will lose.