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Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2023-01-24 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 2 Minnesota Wild

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 56.0%
MIN: 44.0%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.54
MIN: 2.97
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 56%
Over 6.5: 44%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
MIN
Marc-Andre Fleury - 14-9-1 | 0.899 SV% | 2.93 GAA
StatTBLMIN
Season SV%0.9130.899
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.332.93
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 Vasilevskiy3533294.3%4.1432.14
MINMarc-Andre Fleury3935489.7%3.962-0.04
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: 70% • TBL at home vs MIN: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-24TBL 6 - 3 MINTBLTBL
2026-03-03MIN 5 - 1 TBLMINTBL
2024-11-01MIN 5 - 3 TBLMINTBL
2024-10-24TBL 2 - 4 MINMINMIN
2024-01-18TBL 7 - 3 MINTBLTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1200.76
1MIN1100.60
2TBL1501.45
2MIN1811.70
3TBL1921.76
3MIN2121.84
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: 56.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 2 Minnesota Wild
Expected: 3.5 - 3.0