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Dallas Stars at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-11-23 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 4 Dallas Stars
🚨 Upset Loss (56% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 56.4%
DAL: 43.6%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.28
DAL: 2.95
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 57%
Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
DAL
Jake Oettinger - 16-7-3 | 0.907 SV% | 2.57 GAA
StatTBLDAL
Season SV%0.9130.907
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.332.57
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 Vasilevskiy2824485.7%2.582-1.42
DALJake Oettinger2927293.1%2.7520.75
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: 50% • TBL at home vs DAL: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-18DAL 1 - 4 TBLTBLDAL
2025-10-30TBL 2 - 1 DALTBLTBL
2025-03-20DAL 2 - 3 TBLTBLTBL
2024-11-23TBL 2 - 4 DALDALTBL
2023-12-04TBL 4 - 0 DALTBLTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1321.39
1DAL1200.96
2TBL900.67
2DAL1510.90
3TBL1300.69
3DAL1210.72
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: 56.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 4 Dallas Stars
Expected: 3.3 - 2.9