Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes Prediction: Betting on the home team

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on November 12. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Tampa Bay is hardly pleasing its fans this season. They are fourth in the Atlantic Division table with 16 points and sixth in the East. But here, in 14 games, the Lightning have only been stronger than their opponents six times and have also lost eight times. They have recently alternated defeats with victories - already in five meetings in a row. After a 5:3 win over Montreal, Tampa Bay unexpectedly lost to Chicago by 3:5.

Carolina is not great in this campaign either, but they have a much better record of wins. In 14 meetings, the Hurricanes have won eight times and lost only six. But all those losses were in regulation time, so the team got no extra points. As a result, they also have 16, and the Hurricanes are second in the Metropolitan Division and fifth in the East. After two wins in a row, Carolina lost rather unexpectedly in three pucks to Florida with a score of 2:5.

Here, we suggest favoring Tampa Bay. The opponents are about the same level. Even the points after 14 matches have the same number of points. Both show far from the best hockey, but they still have everything ahead of them - both will claim the Stanley Cup. In favor of the Lightning are the statistics of face-to-face meetings - they haven't lost to Carolina in eight previous games at Amalie Arena, so they're probably not going to lose now, either.