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NHL Betting Picks and Predictions Today for Lightning vs. Red Wings on Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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Written by Tone's Takes
Our NHL handicapper provides his best bets from the Wednesday, December 21, 2022 slate, featuring the game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings. Not only do we give you picks from one of the best hockey handicappers out there, but we also provide the results from our predictive analytics model, known as DimersBOT, which runs over 10,000 simulations of every major pro and college sport being played on Wednesday, December 21 to identify the bets worth placing, and where we may have identified an edge against the sportsbooks' odds. We assess our probabilities against the money line odds, the puck line and the total, otherwise known as the Over/Under, and then tell you where the best odds and lines are available, allowing you to bet like a sharp and maximize your profits.
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Before Tone shares his wisdom, check out our below predictions from DimersBOT, our predictive analytics model. It has run 10,000 simulations for each game on the December 21, 2022 slate to give you the most accurate look at what you'll be betting on at Little Caesars Arena. These probabilities will continue to update right up until puck drop, so keep an eye on them and see if you can get yourself some value.
Lightning vs. Red Wings Predictions
- 59% chance the Lightning win on the money line
- 62% chance the Red Wings cover the +1.5 puck line
- 54% chance Lightning-Red Wings stays Under 6.5 total goals
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Lightning vs. Red Wings Best Bets
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - 7:00PM ET
PICK: Lightning -1 at Red Wings (-103)
PICK: Lightning 1st period .05 (+150)
PICK: Nikita Kucherov Over 3.5 SOG (+112)
The Tampa Bay Lightning play the second half. of a back to back as they visit the Detroit Red Wings tonight at Little Caesars Arena.
The 3 time defending Eastern Conference Champs laid an absolute egg last night as they suffered a 4-1 loss to the Maple Leafs, in Toronto.
Before turning up the pace in the 3rd period, the Bolts registered only 8 shots through the first 2 periods. Tampa head coach John Cooper was not happy with the team and had some choice words during his post game conference, which leads me to believe that the Bolts will come out firing tonight.
I have 3 plays on the Bolts tonight, let's break them down.This is the 2nd meeting of the season between these teams, with the Red Wings winning the first meeting by a 4-2 score, in Tampa.
In fact, Detroit has won the last two meetings, both in Tampa Bay. The Bolts are 8-2 off losses this season and have won 7 of those 8 games by multiple goals. The average score in those games is 4.0-2.5.
Backup Brian Elliot is likely to get the start in net tonight. Despite having a goals against average of 3.10 and a Save Percentage of .902. "Moose" is 7-1 on the season, so he has gotten plenty of goal support.
Tampa Bay is 2-2 on back to backs this season but I am not too concerned about that as I am expecting a very detailed game from the Bolts and I will go with the -1 line to reduce the juice.
The second play on this game is the Bolts to win the first period. In the 10 games following a loss, the Bolts are 6-1-3 in first periods. Overall on the season, Tampa is 13-6-2 in first periods.
On the road, they are 5-4-5 where they average 1.1 goals for and .09 goals against. The Red Wings are 6-15-10 in first periods and 2-7-7 at home, where they average 0.7 goals for and 1.1 goals against.
I will gladly take the Bolts to win the first period, at +150 odds. Lastly we have Nikita Kucherov to eclipse his SOG prop. Kuch has hit 4+ shots in each of his last 5 games against Detroit collecting 26 shots on goal during that span.
Kucherov also leads the team with 215 shot attempts and 110 shots on goal.It's Tampa or nothing tonight, let's see what happens.
So bet Lightning -1 at Red Wings (-103), Lightning 1st period .05 (+150) and Nikita Kucherov Over 3.5 SOG (+112) with BetMGM
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