We have one of our own picks locked in for Saturday, plus a system pick in the early game.
If we add anything else we will send out another email tonight or tomorrow, if not we will keep these as our only plays for Saturday.
Listing the system pick first since it is in the early game (1:00 ET). A great price on Ottawa.
System Picks (Members Only)
Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins: SENATORS 2.66
Risk: 2 Units | Win: 3.32 Units
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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals: OVER 5.5 Goals 1.93
Risk: 2 Units | Win: 1.86 Units
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the highest scoring team in the NHL with 3.40 goals per game overall, while the Capitals rank 11th on offense with 2.86 goals per game. The Lightning and Capitals met for the second time this season on Tuesday, the Capitals came out on top 5-3. The Lightning won the first meeting of the season back on November 1st by a score of 4-3, and allowed 38 shots on goal. Out of the last ten games between the Lightning and Capitals, only one game stayed under the total, (9 of 10 games went over), and two of those totals were set at six goals. We can double our sample size and look at the last 21 meetings between these two clubs and 16 of the last 21 meetings (76%) have gone over the total. The latest victory for the Capitals came against Columbus on Thursday, the game stayed under the total with a 3-2 Columbus victory (OT), despite the fact that the Capitals fired 41 shots against Sergei Bobrovsky. Bob was hot for the Blue Jackets and earned a well deserved first star of the game. The Capitals have the 2nd best power play in the League (27.8%) and have gone 36.4% on the man advantage over their last 10 games. The Washington power play is fantastic but their penalty kill is a disaster. The Capitals penalty kill is ranked 28th overall at 75.9%, and take note to the fact that the Capitals have killed just 59.1% of their penalties successfully over their last 10 games! The struggling Washington penalty kill will face the 7th overall Tampa Bay power play unit that is successful 22.6% of the time. Tampa Bay is 18th overall on the penalty kill (80.6%) but note that the Bolts have gone just 75.5% on the penalty kill when playing on the road this season. Each of the last five Capitals home games against a team with a winning record have gone over the total (100%), and the Lightning have had 9 of their last 11 games against the Metropolitan Division go over the total (81.8%). We should see a fast paced game filled with plenty of scoring in Washington on Saturday.
