Tampa Bay vs Columbus Prediction: the Hosts to Beat the Outsider and Take the Points

Prediction for the NHL Tampa Bay vs Columbus match, which will take place on December 16th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Lightning is in great shape, steadily earning points. John Cooper's team is approaching the game against Columbus with three wins in a row. Tampa Bay left no chance for Nashville (5-2), Florida (4-1), and Seattle (6-2). Lately, the Lightning is looking more and more like themselves - the team that made the Stanley Cup Finals previous three seasons. 

The Blue Jackets' bad luck continues. Brad Larsen's team needs to live more up to the expectations set for them before the start of the championship. Columbus is approaching the matchup with Tampa Bay as the worst team in the Eastern Conference. In the previous game, the Jackets lost by all accounts to Florida (0-4); of the last ten games, they have failed seven. 

• Twelve of Tampa Bay's 16 games this season have ended with the TO.
• Tampa Bay has beaten Columbus in regulation time in five of the last seven matches.

Columbus has conceded 115 pucks in 28 games. Clearly, the motivated Lightning will likely throw the Blue Jackets a full haul of the pucks n the upcoming match. Columbus, to claim victory, will have to go forward and score a lot. That means that the TO is almost guaranteed. We take it and, naturally, a win for Tampa Bay - John Cooper's team has been playing like a champion lately.

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