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Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-04-09 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 64.0%
CBJ: 36.0%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.41
CBJ: 3.14
Total Goals
Median: 6.6
Over 5.5: 69%
Over 6.5: 51%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 37-14-4 | 0.911 SV% | 2.32 GAA
CBJ
Jet Greaves - 25-16-9 | 0.910 SV% | 2.58 GAA
StatTBLCBJ
Season SV%0.9130.909
Last 5 SV%0.9110.909
SV% vs Opponent0.8710.870
GAA2.332.62
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 78% • TBL at home vs CBJ: 3-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-10TBL 2 - 5 CBJCBJTBL
2026-01-24CBJ 8 - 5 TBLCBJCBJ
2025-10-18CBJ 3 - 2 TBLCBJCBJ
2025-03-04TBL 6 - 2 CBJTBLTBL
2024-12-17TBL 5 - 3 CBJTBLTBL

⚡ 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
116:31TBLGoal
119:17TBLGoal
207:13CBJGoal
214:17TBLGoal
305:40TBLGoal
305:56TBLGoal
317:57TBLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 64.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets
Expected: 3.4 - 3.1