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Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Predictions

2022-12-20 • Scotiabank Arena
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TOR: 51.8%
TBL: 48.2%
Expected Goals
TOR: 3.15
TBL: 3.19
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 64%
Over 6.5: 48%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TOR
Matt Murray - 1-1-0 | 0.879 SV% | 3.54 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatTORTBL
Season SV%0.8790.913
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA3.542.33
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
TORMatt Murray1918194.7%1.2500.25
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy4036490.0%4.8320.83
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: 55% • TOR at home vs TBL: 9-7
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-07TOR 2 - 5 TBLTBLTOR
2026-02-25TBL 4 - 2 TORTBLTBL
2025-12-08TOR 2 - 0 TBLTORTOR
2025-04-09TBL 3 - 4 TORTORTBL
2025-01-20TOR 5 - 3 TBLTORTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TOR1901.15
1TBL600.42
2TOR1801.22
2TBL900.34
3TOR1322.46
3TBL1500.49
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: 51.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.1 - 3.2