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Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Predictions

2024-04-06 • PPG Paints Arena
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 - 4 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
PIT: 63.4%
TBL: 36.6%
Expected Goals
PIT: 3.51
TBL: 2.91
Total Goals
Median: 6.6
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 51%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

PIT
Stuart Skinner - 22-16-9 | 0.888 SV% | 2.91 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 37-13-4 | 0.911 SV% | 2.31 GAA
StatPITTBL
Season SV%0.8880.913
Last 5 SV%0.8720.896
SV% vs Opponent0.8440.922
GAA2.912.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 44% • PIT at home vs TBL: 1-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-02TBL 6 - 3 PITTBLTBL
2026-01-13PIT 1 - 2 TBLTBLPIT
2025-12-04TBL 3 - 4 PITPITTBL
2025-03-25TBL 6 - 1 PITTBLTBL
2025-01-12PIT 2 - 5 TBLTBLPIT

⚡ 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
104:20PITGoal
206:06PITGoal
212:15PITGoal
214:39PITGoal
216:57PITGoal
300:25PITGoal
307:23PITGoal
310:45PITGoal
314:32PITGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 63.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 - 4 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.5 - 2.9