It\u2019s a heavyweight battle in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night with the Lightning hosting the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n
The Avalanche are coming off just their third regulation loss of the season, falling 2-1 in Florida on Sunday after beating the Hurricanes in Carolina the night before.<\/p>\n
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The Lightning come into this game red-hot, riding a seven-game winning streak. They\u2019re back at home after a road trip to California.<\/p>\n
My Avalanche vs. Lightning predictions is looking at Tampa Bay\u2019s top center to find the scoresheet.<\/p>\n
Read on as I break down my NHL picks<\/a> for Tuesday, January 6.<\/p>\n Avalanche vs Lightning prediction<\/p>\n Avalanche vs Lightning best bet: Brayden Point Over 0.5 points (-145)<\/p>\n The Colorado Avalanche<\/a> took down the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> 3-2 in Colorado back in November, but that type of low-scoring game is the exception to the norm for these two teams.<\/p>\n Their previous three games all went over the total with 10, 7, and 9 goals. Even if it is a low-scoring game, Brayden Point<\/a> did score one of the Lightning\u2019s two goals in that road loss.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Point has been picking it up as of late as well. He\u2019s riding a five-game point streak, including two points in each of his last two games, and he has 15 points in 12 games since December 9.<\/p>\n The Lightning center has now recorded a point in four straight games against the Avalanche, and of course, he\u2019s still on the top line and power-play unit in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n Avalanche vs Lightning same-game parlay<\/p>\n Point has scored in three straight games and had a goal in Colorado as mentioned above. There\u2019s a good chance he continues that streak tonight, and if he does, it\u2019s going to be Nikita Kucherov<\/a> picking up the assist.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n I\u2019ll take the Lightning as rare home underdogs in a high-scoring game against a tired Avalanche team.<\/p>\n Avalanche vs Lightning SGP<\/p>\n Brayden Point Over 0.5 goals scored<\/p>\n Nikita Kucherov Over 0.5 assists<\/p>\n Avalanche vs Lightning odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Avalanche -115 | Lightning -105<\/p>\n Puck Line: Avalanche -1.5 (+205) | Lightning +1.5 (-250)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6.5 | Under 6.5<\/p>\n Avalanche vs Lightning trend<\/p>\n The Tampa Bay Lightning have covered the Puck Line in 45 of their last 91 games (+6.60 Units \/ 6% ROI). Find more\u00a0NHL betting trends<\/a> for Avalanche vs. Lightning.<\/p>\n How to watch Avalanche vs Lightning<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Tuesday, January 6, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n ALT, The Spot<\/p>\n Avalanche vs Lightning latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. Advertisement<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a heavyweight battle in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night with the Lightning hosting the Colorado Avalanche. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5105],"tags":[193,1332,144,62,5,189,4,1335,540,92,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-394521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-brayden-point","10":"tag-colorado-avalanche","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-lightning","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nikita-kucherov","16":"tag-tampa-bay","17":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","18":"tag-tampabay","19":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115850911064855735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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