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Tampa Bay Lightning at Vegas Golden Knights NHL Predictions

2021-12-21 • T-Mobile Arena
Vegas Golden Knights 3 - 4 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VGK: 43.3%
TBL: 56.7%
Expected Goals
VGK: 3.17
TBL: 3.71
Total Goals
Median: 6.6
Over 5.5: 64%
Over 6.5: 51%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
L. Brossoit
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatVGKTBL
Season SV%—0.913
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA—2.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
VGKL. Brossoit1915478.9%1.990-2.01
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy4138392.7%2.890-0.11
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 40% • VGK at home vs TBL: 2-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-06VGK 3 - 6 TBLTBLVGK
2025-10-26TBL 2 - 1 VGKTBLTBL
2025-03-23VGK 4 - 2 TBLVGKVGK
2024-10-17TBL 4 - 3 VGKTBLVGK
2024-03-19VGK 3 - 5 TBLTBLVGK

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1VGK1901.11
1TBL900.53
2VGK1300.68
2TBL1300.96
3VGK1501.10
3TBL900.51
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 56.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.9
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 3 - 4 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.2 - 3.7