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Vancouver Canucks
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Tampa Bay Lightning

Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning Picks & Predictions

Model updated Aug 31, 7:27AM UTC

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NHL
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Bay
Indoor
Sun 16 Nov 2025, 10:00PM
1
Game markets graded
0
Props graded
The model's one call for this gamethe prediction, first
Vancouver Canucks 1.5 Spread -175

For Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL), this is the model’s pick — HIGH confidence. A $100 bet returns about $157 if it lands. This one is free — every other market and all player props are Pro. Tip-off Sun 16 Nov 2025, 10:00PM at Benchmark International Arena.

Our confidenceHigh
Chance to win66.1%
The price says63.7%
Best price-175

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Game picks

GOOD PRICE in green
Spread
Vancouver Canucks
+1.5
-175
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Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Vancouver Canucks

  • Thatcher Demko GOut
  • Evander Kane LWOut
  • Derek Forbort DOut

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Pontus Holmberg RWOut
Availability updated Aug 24, 7:05PM UTC — some NHL rows may be stale between updates. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Weather & injury impact for this fixture

Conditions · who's out · how it moves the number
For Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Weather isn't a tracked factor for this fixture, and 4 players are listed out or questionable across both sides.
FactorThis fixture
Availability4 listed out or questionable (see Who's out above)

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Betting angles

Markets & form
MoneylineModel leans Tampa Bay LightningNo line posted

Vancouver Canucks @ Tampa Bay Lightning moneyline: model lean and both sides' win form.

Puck LineVancouver Canucks +1.5No line posted

Vancouver Canucks @ Tampa Bay Lightning puck-line (spread) model lean and cover form.

Total GoalsGame totalNo line posted

Vancouver Canucks @ Tampa Bay Lightning total-goals model lean and scoring trends (the free board has not settled enough of these yet).

Vancouver Canucks @ Tampa Bay Lightning — what the model found

Our model graded 1 betting market for Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay Lightning — 1 on the game itself and 0 on individual players. One pick is free on this page.

1
Game markets graded

The model checked every betting market for this game and graded 1 of them. One pick is free on this page — the one the model likes most. Scroll down to see it.

Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning — recent results

Tampa Bay Lightning have won 2 of their last 5 games; Vancouver Canucks have won 3 of their last 5.

Tampa Bay Lightning — last 5
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
L1–2MTLHome
W1–0MTLAway
L2–3MTLHome
W3–2MTLAway
L2–3MTLAway
Vancouver Canucks — last 5
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
L1–6EDMAway
W4–3LAHome
W4–3ANAAway
W4–3SJAway
L1–4LAAway

Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning — recent meetings

These two have met 1 time recently: Tampa Bay Lightning won 1, Vancouver Canucks won 0.

DateTampa Bay LightningVancouver CanucksWinner
Mar 2062Tampa Bay Lightning

Who’s out or in doubt

4 players are listed as out or in doubt for this game.

Tampa Bay Lightning
PlayerStatus
Pontus Holmberg RWOUT
Vancouver Canucks
PlayerStatus
Thatcher Demko GOUT
Evander Kane LWOUT
Derek Forbort DOUT

The full availability report — with what each missing player means for the bets — is further down this page.

About this matchup

How we read the game

This page tracks the Bet Better model's pick history and predictions for Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL. You may also see this matchup written as Canucks vs Lightning, or as Lightning vs Canucks. The most recent game between them was Sunday 16 November 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The model has generated 1 game pick for this matchup. Review the picks and historical data above to guide your NHL betting strategy for this matchup.

Head-to-head record

Final scores · 1 meeting
Tampa Bay Lightning 1–0 across the last meeting
DateGameScoreWinner
20 Mar 2026Tampa Bay Lightning @ Vancouver Canucks2–6Tampa Bay Lightning
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