Oilers vs Lightning Bets | 11-20-2025

The Edmonton Oilers and Tampa Bay Lightning take to the ice on Thursday night. Oilers vs Lightning Bets look at the opening Hulu contest from several angles. Tampa Bay is trying to stay in the highly competitive Atlantic Division while Edmonton attempts to bounce back after giving up seven goals on Wednesday night.

WHAT: Edmonton Oilers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
WHEN: Thursday, November 20th, 2025 at 7:30 pm ET
WHERE: Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida
WHY: Thursday night has a doubleheader on Hulu

We always look for the best NHL online betting sites. Also, we make sure we have updated NHL betting odds. Given how chaotic the early part of the 2025-26 season has been, it helps to dive into a few games that has some star power. This contest is streamed on Hulu and the opener of a streaming doubleheader. Los Angeles and San Jose are the nightcap.

Do not forget that there are plenty of other picks ready to go from our online picks and news section. Here are the moneyline numbers for Thursday night between Edmonton and Tampa Bay..

Oilers vs Lightning Betting Table

Oilers vs Lightning
Edmonton Oilers	+130	+130	+130
Tampa Bay Lightning	-150	-152	-155

So this is only the moneyline. We have more picks always.

Can Tampa Bay Kick Edmonton While They Are Down?

Oilers vs Lightning bets ask can Tampa Bay kick Edmonton while they are down? Alas, Edmonton is struggling a little defensively. Keep in mind, this is a pretty long road trip and two parts of this are a bit unusual. Most teams play the back end of a back-to-back in Florida. However, the Oilers tussled with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night and were a plane to Tampa to get ready for this game on Thursday night.

The problem with Tampa Bay was their slow offensive start. injuries did not help matters. However, it does seem like the Lightning are starting to rebound. Tampa Bay unloaded on New Jersey Tuesday night in a 5-1 win. Jake Guentzel netted a hat trick including two goals on the power play. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and assist. Andrei Vasilevskiy stole the show stopping 31 of 32 shots. The Russian goaltender will have an interesting time against a motivated Connor McDavid and Edmonton tonight.

These are the high-powered games people like to bet on. After all, last night it was Ovechkin and McDavid. Will the Oilers try to clamp down a little or will they get sucked into Tampa's up tempo pace. It had been something the Lightning were not able to do early in the season. As the team has gotten more healthy, the more it feels like the Lightning we are used to seeing are back. It will be interesting to see how Calvin Pickard fares since Stuart Skinner allowed five goals in Washington on Wednesday.

It is one big reason why the Lightning should snare the win on Thursday night.

Tampa Bay Lightnings To win over the Edmonton Oilers

-150

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Oilers vs Lightning Bets And At The Game Total

Next, Oilers vs Lightning bets wonder about the game total for Thursday night. Now, the reason is to look at the game total is undeniable. The number here is diving further into the minus (-125). Will that last? Yes, this is a great question.Some had talked this may be a game where the over/under moves to seven goals. At that point, risking the Over of 7.5 goals as an alternate bet becomes more and more of a possibility.

Now, the Lightning rank in the middle of pack in scoring but again this is a Top 10 scoring unit when healthy. The last few games have shown us that. Edmonton has Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Little more needs to be said there. They are two of the best scorers on the planet. Again, Tampa Bay has Guentel, Kucherov, and a cast of stars. Defensively, neither team will have it easy on Thursday night.

For us, the Over is tilting towards a hit at 6.5 goals. The problem is does it move to 7 like we said. A few sites already were at -130 for an over of 6.5 goals. It is something to monitor. Currently, we will take the -125 and play it safe. If one wants to take the plunge, the over of 7.5 in this game stands at +230. That could back off to +200 or +210 later. Jump on this while you can.

Edmonton Oilers and Tampa Bay Lightning To score eight goals or more Thursday

+230

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Again, this game expects to have plenty of fireworks. Edmonton might even look ahead given their next game is against the Florida Panthers over the weekend. The Oilers allowed only 19 shots on Wednesday but figure to yield some more on Thursday.

Connor McDavid versus Nikita Kucherov

Oilers vs Lightning Bets headline Connor McDavid vs Nikita Kucherov. One of the best matchups featuring two of the best playmakers who can hey score a few goals too. Kucherov has led the league in assists the past two years. In 2022-23, the Russian ended up with 100 assists. He does have 40+ goals in three seasons. People often forget about that. Jake Guentzel is not the only on sniper on Tampa Bay.

As for McDavid and Draisaitl, there are some interesting props here too. McDavid seemed to press a good deal on Wednesday missing four or five shots. Draisaitl got his goal and added an assist. McDavid had two helpers in the loss. Right now, McDavid is +165 for an anytime goal. After he went scoreless against Buffalo, he looked almost too wound against Washington. The idea of early goals is strong here with means points are too.

So, digging a little deeper. Each one to get a point in the first 20 minutes stands at +175. Consider us sold on that one.

Connor McDavid To score 1+ points in the first period

+175

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The goal is to take advantage of an unrested Oilers team