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Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers NHL Predictions

2022-05-17 • FLA Live Arena
Florida Panthers 1 - 4 Tampa Bay Lightning
🚨 Upset Loss (64% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
FLA: 63.8%
TBL: 36.2%
Expected Goals
FLA: 3.68
TBL: 2.98
Total Goals
Median: 6.9
Over 5.5: 69%
Over 6.5: 55%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 17-9-1 | 0.888 SV% | 2.80 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatFLATBL
Season SV%0.8880.913
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.802.33
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
FLASergei Bobrovsky3632488.9%4.5250.52
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy3433197.1%3.6022.60
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: 61% • FLA at home vs TBL: 7-9
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-05TBL 6 - 1 FLATBLTBL
2025-12-27FLA 2 - 4 TBLTBLTBL
2025-12-15TBL 2 - 5 FLAFLATBL
2025-11-15FLA 1 - 3 TBLTBLTBL
2025-04-30TBL 3 - 6 FLAFLAFLA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1FLA1411.25
1TBL800.41
2FLA2001.09
2TBL1100.73
3FLA1711.26
3TBL2253.38
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: 63.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.7
Score Breakdown
Florida Panthers 1 - 4 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.7 - 3.0