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Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2024-04-04 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 4 - 7 Tampa Bay Lightning
🚨 Upset Loss (60% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 59.9%
TBL: 40.1%
Expected Goals
MTL: 3.24
TBL: 3.22
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 26-8-4 | 0.903 SV% | 2.73 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 36-13-4 | 0.910 SV% | 2.34 GAA
StatMTLTBL
Season SV%0.8890.913
Last 5 SV%0.9580.880
SV% vs Opponent0.9220.905
GAA3.012.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 40% • MTL at home vs TBL: 1-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-31TBL 1 - 4 MTLMTLTBL
2025-12-28TBL 5 - 4 MTLTBLTBL
2025-12-09MTL 1 - 6 TBLTBLMTL
2025-02-09MTL 3 - 5 TBLTBLMTL
2025-01-21MTL 3 - 2 TBLMTLMTL

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
102:37MTLGoal
109:45MTLGoal
116:26TBLGoal
204:42MTLGoal
207:58TBLGoal
209:12TBLGoal
213:18TBLGoal
217:45TBLGoal
308:40TBLGoal
311:51TBLGoal
319:06TBLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 59.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 11.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 4 - 7 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.2 - 3.2