New Jersey Devils vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, 11/18/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New Jersey Devils vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Location: Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL

TV: WXPX-TV

Odds/Point Spread: Devils (-150) Lightning (+125)

Amalie Arena is the site where the Tampa Bay Lightning (9-7-2) will go up against the New Jersey Devils (13-4-1) on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Devils at -150 and the Lightning open at +125. The total comes in at 6.

The New Jersey Devils had a decent effort after finishing in a 2-2 tie against the Capitals in their previous contest . New Jersey earned 2 penalty minutes in this matchup. The Devils didn't have their best offensive outing in this game. Additionally, they had 3 power play opportunities and scored 1 goal. In the game, they converted 2 of the 31 shots they attempted.

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In terms of their scoring, the New Jersey Devils have earned 59 goals (13th in the league) on the year and have allowed 52. For the current campaign, they have recorded 27 points and their points percentage sits at .750. New Jersey has 47 power play chances and they have scored 12 goals out of those tries, earning them a percentage of 25.53%. When at even strength, the Devils let the opposition score 44 goals while scoring 47 of their own. New Jersey has taken 531 shots and holds a shot percentage of 11.1%. The Devils so far have had 503 shots attempted against them and hold a save percentage of .897. New Jersey Devils opponents have 53 power play tries (24th in the NHL) and have racked up 8 goals in those attempts.

The man protecting the net in this game is Jacob Markstrom. For his professional hockey career, Markstrom is sitting with 276 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .527. His save percentage is at .908 for his 28,320 mins guarding the cage. Markstrom has seen 15,312 shots taken against him and he has 13,899 saves. Opponents have been able to score 1,413 goals versus Markstrom in his pro hockey career and his average for goals against per game is 2.70. He has compiled a win-loss record of 246-214-64 and he started in 524 games. Markstrom has taken the ice for 542 games throughout his hockey career.

In their last contest, Tampa Bay faced off against the Canucks in an outing where the Lightning were on the wrong end of the score by a tally of 6-2. They had 2 power play chances in this game but didn't score a goal. The Lightning netted 2 goals out of the 30 shots on goal they tried.

The Lightning have 46 goals at even strength and 8 goals (27th in the NHL) while having more men on the ice. Tampa Bay has tried 480 shots (27th in hockey) and has earned a shot percentage of 11.25%, while allowing the opposition 497 shots. For the season, the Tampa Bay Lightning are sitting with 54 goals, 20 points, in addition to a points percentage of .556. They have allowed 55 goals to be scored by of a combination of 46 goals at even strength and 9 goals while they were shorthanded. They have recorded 59 power play opportunities and they have a power play rate of 13.56%. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 84.75% on the other teams 59 power play tries, and their save percentage is currently 88.9%.

On the other side of the ice you will find Andrei Vasilevskiy defending the net. The opposition is averaging 2.52 goals per game and he has surrendered 1,370 goals in total. Vasilevskiy's quality start percentage comes out to 57.8% and he has 314 quality starting assignments in his professional career. He has made the start in 543 games and has been on the ice for 28,652 minutes. Vasilevskiy holds a career mark of 337-168-37 and has participated in 553 games. He has a tally of 15,076 stops out of 16,446 shots tried, giving him a percentage of .917.

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Tony's Pick: Take New Jersey (-150)

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