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Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2022-12-06 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 4 Detroit Red Wings
🚨 Upset Loss (58% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 58.0%
DET: 42.0%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.37
DET: 2.71
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 57%
Over 6.5: 44%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
DET
Ville Husso - 9-5-2 | 0.892 SV% | 3.55 GAA
StatTBLDET
Season SV%0.9130.892
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.333.55
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
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy2622484.6%4.4750.47
DETVille Husso4644295.7%4.8942.89
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: 68% • TBL at home vs DET: 5-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-13TBL 4 - 3 DETTBLTBL
2026-03-12TBL 4 - 1 DETTBLTBL
2025-11-28DET 3 - 6 TBLTBLTBL
2025-10-17DET 2 - 1 TBLDETDET
2025-04-11TBL 3 - 4 DETDETTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1711.25
1DET1921.38
2TBL1100.74
2DET1000.86
3TBL3532.90
3DET932.24
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: 58.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 4 Detroit Red Wings
Expected: 3.4 - 2.7