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NHL Betting Picks and Predictions Today for Lightning vs. Canucks on Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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Written by Tone's Takes
Our NHL handicapper provides his best bets from the Wednesday, January 18, 2023 slate, featuring the game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Vancouver Canucks. Not only do we give you picks from one of the best hockey bettors 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, January 18 to identify the bets worth placing, and where we may have identified a betting edge against the sportsbooks' odds. We assess our probabilities against the money line odds, the puck line and the total goals line, otherwise known as the Over/Under, and then tell you where the best hockey 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 January 18, 2023 slate to give you the most accurate look at what you'll be betting on at Rogers 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.
Oilers vs. Ducks Predictions
- 60% chance the Lightning win on the money line
- 61% chance the Canucks cover the +1.5 puck line
- 52% chance Lightning-Cancks goes Over 6.5 total goals
For the most up to date NHL betting picks today, check out our interactive hockey predictions for Lightning vs. Canucks and every other game being played today in the NHL Bet Hub. It's constantly updating based on hundreds of different data points.
Oilers vs. Ducks Best Bets
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 10:00PM ET
PICK: Tampa Bay Lightning Team Total Over 3.5 (-124)
PICK: Steven Stamkos Anytime Goalscorer (+150)
The hot Tampa Bay Lightning continue their 5 game road trip as they visit the Vancouver Canucks tonight at Rogers Arena.
The Bolts have won 4 games in a row and have scored a total of 19 goals in that span. Their sizzling offense has a great matchup tonight in the Canucks. Vancouver is home after a 5 game road trip, in which they went 1-4.
The Canucks have been one of the worst defensive teams in the NHL this season as they are allowing 3.9 goals per game, which is 2nd worst in the league.
At home this season, the Canucks are allowing 3.8 goals per game and 31 shots per game. Vancouver's goaltenders also hold a league worst .879 Save Percentage. The Canucks have allowed at least 4 goals in 5 of their last 6 games and in 12 of their 19 home games on the season.
The Tampa Bay Lighting average a little over 3 goals per game on the road this season but they have scored 4 in each of their last 2 games. Tampa holds the league's 7th best road Power Play, at 25.7%. This matches up nicely against Vancouver's league worst 67% home Penalty Kill.
These teams met last week in Tampa, which resulted in a 5-4 Lightning win. I don't trust Vancouver's defense to be able to hold this lighting team down. With the chance of Brian Elliot starting in goal for Tampa, I'll back their Team Total over tonight.Steven Stamkos is sitting on 499 career goals and he has only scored 2 goals over his last 12 games.
He had a couple good looks in Seattle on Monday but couldn't get the elusive 500th goal. I have been waiting to back Stammer to get there and tonight is the perfect opportunity.
Stamkos scored in the previous meeting with Vancouver last week and he has goals in 5 of his last 7 games against the Canucks. Stamkos has been firing away as he has totaled 27 shots over his last 6 games.
I'll back Stamkos to score tonight and will also be looking at his Alternate Shot on goal line, if released, so bet Tampa Bay Lightning Team Total Over 3.5 (-124) and Steven Stamkos Anytime Goalscorer (+150) with BetMGM
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