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Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-10-17 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 3 Vegas Golden Knights

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 58.1%
VGK: 41.9%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.29
VGK: 3.01
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 57%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
VGK
Adin Hill - 1-0-2 | 0.888 SV% | 2.73 GAA
StatTBLVGK
Season SV%0.9130.888
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.332.73
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 Vasilevskiy2522388.0%2.351-0.65
VGKAdin Hill2521484.0%3.723-0.28
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: 83% • TBL at home vs VGK: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-06VGK 3 - 6 TBLTBLVGK
2025-10-26TBL 2 - 1 VGKTBLTBL
2025-03-23VGK 4 - 2 TBLVGKVGK
2024-10-17TBL 4 - 3 VGKTBLTBL
2024-03-19VGK 3 - 5 TBLTBLTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1611.18
1VGK1311.19
2TBL1611.71
2VGK1200.58
3TBL1410.83
3VGK900.58
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: 58.1%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 3 Vegas Golden Knights
Expected: 3.3 - 3.0