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Tampa Bay Lightning at Vancouver Canucks NHL Predictions

2022-03-13 • Rogers Arena
Vancouver Canucks 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Lightning
🚨 Upset Loss (63% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VAN: 62.7%
TBL: 37.3%
Expected Goals
VAN: 3.28
TBL: 2.99
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VAN
Thatcher Demko - 8-8-0 | 0.905 SV% | 2.72 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatVANTBL
Season SV%0.9050.913
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.722.33
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
VANThatcher Demko3129293.5%3.5531.55
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy3635197.2%3.1142.11
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: 80% • VAN at home vs TBL: 1-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-19VAN 2 - 6 TBLTBLTBL
2025-11-16TBL 2 - 6 VANVANVAN
2024-12-08VAN 2 - 4 TBLTBLTBL
2024-10-15TBL 4 - 1 VANTBLVAN
2023-12-12VAN 4 - 1 TBLVANVAN

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1VAN1210.72
1TBL1911.20
2VAN1721.40
2TBL1521.81
3VAN1610.99
3TBL900.54
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
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 62.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Vancouver Canucks 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.3 - 3.0