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Tampa Bay Lightning at Colorado Avalanche NHL Predictions

2024-10-30 • Ball Arena
Colorado Avalanche 2 - 5 Tampa Bay Lightning
🚨 Upset Loss (51% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
COL: 51.0%
TBL: 49.0%
Expected Goals
COL: 3.04
TBL: 3.56
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 46%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

COL
K. Kahkonen
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatCOLTBL
Season SV%0.913
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.33
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
COLK. Kahkonen2116576.2%2.953-2.05
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy3533294.3%3.0101.01
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: 67% • COL at home vs TBL: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-06TBL 4 - 2 COLTBLCOL
2025-11-04COL 3 - 2 TBLCOLCOL
2024-11-25TBL 8 - 2 COLTBLTBL
2024-10-30COL 2 - 5 TBLTBLCOL
2024-02-15TBL 6 - 3 COLTBLTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1COL900.75
1TBL1300.80
2COL2001.30
2TBL1521.00
3COL1900.96
3TBL611.15
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
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 51.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Colorado Avalanche 2 - 5 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.0 - 3.6