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Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-10-26 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 0 Washington Capitals

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 54.6%
WSH: 45.4%
Expected Goals
TBL: 2.77
WSH: 2.84
Total Goals
Median: 4.6
Over 5.5: 38%
Over 6.5: 28%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 39-15-4 | 0.911 SV% | 2.31 GAA
WSH
Logan Thompson - 31-21-6 | 0.912 SV% | 2.44 GAA
StatTBLWSH
Season SV%0.9130.913
Last 5 SV%0.9190.912
SV% vs Opponent0.9140.800
GAA2.332.39
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 56% • TBL at home vs WSH: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-22WSH 3 - 5 TBLTBLWSH
2025-11-08TBL 3 - 2 WSHTBLTBL
2025-10-14WSH 3 - 2 TBLWSHWSH
2025-03-01WSH 1 - 3 TBLTBLWSH
2024-11-27TBL 4 - 5 WSHWSHWSH

⚡ 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
205:27TBLGoal
302:26TBLGoal
303:10TBLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 54.6%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 5.6
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 0 Washington Capitals
Expected: 2.8 - 2.8