{"id":134423,"date":"2025-07-22T14:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/134423\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:45:35","slug":"lightning-look-for-sixth-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/134423\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Look For Sixth Straight Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/game\/_\/gameId\/401688520\/oilers-lightning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Lightning\u00a0<\/a> (32-20-4) host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/edm\/edmonton-oilers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> (34-19-4) tonight at Amalie Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning Keeps On Striking<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay is has been on an absolute heater the past 30 days. The Lightning have won six of their last seven games since Jan. 30.<\/p>\n<p>In their first game back from hiatus, Tampa picked up right where they left off and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wruf.com\/headlines\/2025\/02\/24\/lightning-slay-kraken-to-keep-winning-streak-alive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">crushed Seattle 4-1<\/a> at Amalie Arena for their fifth straight win.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive engine continues to churn for the Bolts, netting at least 4 goals in every game of the streak.<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning have totaled 24 goals in this five-game streak, 21 of which have come from even strength. While a potent power play unit is important (and the team has capitalized on 3 of 8 in the stretch), the sheer dominance in 5 on 5 play is even more impressive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4065019\/brandon-hagel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Hagel<\/a> has led the way for Tampa with 10 points in the past 5 contests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Teamwork \ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTxS89vUQj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UTxS89vUQj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBLightning\/status\/1893836822268035241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oilers Slipping Out of Break<\/p>\n<p>On the complete other end of Tampa\u2019s winning ways are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3895074\/connor-mcdavid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor McDavid<\/a> and the Oilers. Edmonton has struggled of late and are in the midst of a 3-game skid. They\u2019re 0-2 since McDavid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wruf.com\/headlines\/2025\/02\/21\/connor-mcdavids-game-winner-clinches-four-nations-for-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sealed the 4-Nations trophy for Canada.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The immediate cause for the Oilers\u2019 struggles is goaltending.<\/p>\n<p>The tandem of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4268767\/stuart-skinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Skinner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5524\/calvin-pickard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calvin Pickard<\/a> have been lit up for 5+ goals in each of the past 3 games. Neither goalie has recorded a save percentage of over .900 in this stretch- including surrendering 6 goals to the mediocre Flyers.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s matchup will be a test for both sides. Edmonton is starving for an end-to-end quality performance and could be more desperate because of it. They enter tonight\u2019s contest as slight underdogs (-105) per ESPN Bet. Tampa is riding high, but this is the best team they\u2019ve faced in the past 8 games in terms of record.<\/p>\n<p>With the stability of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/2976847\/andrei-vasilevskiy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/a> in net (.930 SV% through last 5 games) compared to Skinner and Pickard, and Tampa\u2019s even strength efficiency peaking while Edmonton has stalled out of the break, the Bolts are in a better spot for a win tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is set for 7:30pm on ESPN+, Hulu, and Disney+.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Lightning\u00a0 (32-20-4) host the Edmonton Oilers (34-19-4) tonight at Amalie Arena. 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