Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders NHL Predictions

2022-04-29 • UBS Arena

New York Islanders 4 - 6 Tampa Bay Lightning

🚨 Upset Loss (54% underdog)

Win Probability

NYI: 54.3%

TBL: 45.7%

Expected Goals

NYI: 3.33

TBL: 3.14

Total Goals

Median: 6.6

Over 5.5: 64%

Over 6.5: 51%

NYI

Ilya Sorokin - 12-10-2 | 0.910 SV% | 2.55 GAA

TBL

Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA

Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Team	Goalie	SA	Saves	GA	SV%	xGA	HD Faced	GSAx
NYI	Ilya Sorokin	34	28	6	82.4%	4.84	2	-1.16
TBL	Andrei Vasilevskiy	38	34	4	89.5%	3.92	1	-0.08

SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • NYI at home vs TBL: 4-4

Date	Score	Winner	Model Pick
2025-12-13	NYI 3 - 2 TBL	NYI	NYI
2025-12-06	TBL 0 - 2 NYI	NYI	TBL
2025-12-02	NYI 2 - 1 TBL	NYI	NYI
2025-04-01	NYI 1 - 4 TBL	TBL	TBL
2025-03-29	TBL 5 - 3 NYI	TBL	TBL

Period	Team	Shots	High Danger	xG
1	NYI	12	0	0.90
1	TBL	14	0	1.04
2	NYI	19	1	1.52
2	TBL	15	1	1.60
3	NYI	20	0	1.51
3	TBL	19	1	2.21

Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

Prediction Result

❌ Incorrect

Confidence: 54.3%

Total Goals

Actual: 10.0

Expected: 6.5

Score Breakdown

New York Islanders 4 - 6 Tampa Bay Lightning

Expected: 3.3 - 3.1