NHL Picks: Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 2/18/2012

The Tampa Bay Lightning are solid sixty-one and fifty one-hundredths percent favorites over the Washington Capitals. The Lightning are favored by Line.com predicted scenarios partly because they have a plus three edge in shots on goal and are projected for twenty-nine shots on goal vs twenty-six shots for the Capitals. The Lightning goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at ninety and twenty one-hundredths percent compared to the Capitals goalie(s) who have a estimated, in this situation save percentage of eighty-eight and ninety one-hundredths percent.

TOP PLAYER STATS — SAVES: Tomas Vokoun twenty-six, Dwayne Roloson twenty-four SHOTS: Alexander Ovechkin four and thirty one-hundredths, Steven Stamkos three and sixty one-hundredths GOALS: Alexander Ovechkin zero and fifty-one one-hundredths, Steven Stamkos zero and seventy-nine one-hundredths points: Alexander Ovechkin has a fifty-four percent odds of averaging at least one point and Steven Stamkos has a twenty-nine percent odds of one plus points

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