Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings - 3/11/21 NHL Picks and Prediction

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings meet Thursday in NHL action at the Little Caesars Arena.

The Tampa Bay Lightning look to stay hot after winning eight of their last nine games. The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 28.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay with 11 goals, Victor Hedman has 20 assists and Brayden Point has 65 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing two goals per game and are killing 87.7 percent of their opponents power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 36 goals on 564 shots faced and Curtis McElhinney has given up 11 goals on 104 shots.

The Detroit Red Wings need a win here to snap a four game losing streak. The Detroit Red Wings are averaging 2.1 goals per game and are scoring on 10.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Bobby Ryan leads Detroit with six goals, Filip Hronek has 12 assists and Dylan Larkin has 79 shots on goal. Defensively, the Detroit Red Wings are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 69.9 percent of their opponents power plays. Thomas Greiss has given up 48 goals on 411 shots faced and Jonathan Bernier has allowed 35 goals on 388 shots.