TB Lightning vs VGS Golden Knights Prediction: Two bright and attacking teams will meet in a match-up

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

In the first half of the regular season, Tampa Bay is engaged in a completely unusual situation - they are fighting for a place in the playoff zone. Such an ambitious and successful team can't produce a prolonged successful streak, and at the same time, it managed to lose a lot of points in the season opener. At the junction of November and December, the Lightning had four games in a row without a point, after which they decided that they needed to improve, and so in the next eight meetings, they won five with three losses. Progress is visible! The previous day, the team beat St. Louis 6:1 to reach eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Vegas is the reigning Stanley Cup winner, but the Knights haven't gotten tired of the taste of winning yet. Since the start of the current regular season, they've had a 7-game winning streak, and after that, there have been a few setbacks, but not many. The worst stretch of the current season was in late November when they suffered three consecutive defeats, but two were outside regulation time. Now they continue to be in good form, as evidenced by five wins in their last seven games, with only losses to Buffalo and Carolina - 2:5 and 3:6, respectively. The Black and Gold are still in the lead in the Western Conference standings.

Tampa Bay and Vegas are teams with a comparable level of ambition. They intend to compete for the Stanley Cup, but their desires and opportunities differ. While the Knights are in first place in the Western Conference, justifying their status as season favorites, the Lightning is still only eighth in the Eastern Conference and shows unstable results. In addition, the head-to-head statistics also favor the reigning champion: they have won seven of the ten head-to-head meetings in their history, including the last three in a row.

Tampa Bay and Vegas are two bright, attacking teams that always try to play fun and cheerfully. This is confirmed by the head-to-head statistics, according to which the rivals have combined to score 36 pucks in the last five meetings (7.20 per game on average). The Lightning have had 24 shots on goal in their last three games (8.00 per game average), while the Knights have scored and allowed a combined 59 goals in their last seven battles (8.43 per game average).