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Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Predictions

2024-11-19 • PPG Paints Arena
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - 3 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
PIT: 43.8%
TBL: 56.2%
Expected Goals
PIT: 3.22
TBL: 3.14
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

PIT
Tristan Jarry - 16-12-6 | 0.892 SV% | 3.12 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatPITTBL
Season SV%0.8920.913
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.122.33
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
PITTristan Jarry3532391.4%3.7430.74
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy1917289.5%1.270-0.73
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: 56% • 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 TBLTBLTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1PIT1200.37
1TBL1511.00
2PIT900.61
2TBL1821.28
3PIT500.19
3TBL2501.40
4PIT100.10
4TBL200.06
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: 56.2%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - 3 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.2 - 3.1