🏒 NHLForecasts.com
Data-Driven NHL Predictions & Analytics
2026-27 Season Live

Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-11-25 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 - 2 Colorado Avalanche
🚨 Upset Win (56% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 44.2%
COL: 55.8%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.47
COL: 3.27
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 49%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
COL
Justus Annunen - 8-4-1 | 0.928 SV% | 2.25 GAA
StatTBLCOL
Season SV%0.9130.928
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.332.25
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 Vasilevskiy2523292.0%2.6720.67
COLJustus Annunen3325875.8%4.316-3.69
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: 62% • TBL at home vs COL: 5-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-06TBL 4 - 2 COLTBLCOL
2025-11-04COL 3 - 2 TBLCOLCOL
2024-11-25TBL 8 - 2 COLTBLCOL
2024-10-30COL 2 - 5 TBLTBLTBL
2024-02-15TBL 6 - 3 COLTBLTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL2121.51
1COL921.39
2TBL1521.59
2COL900.47
3TBL1321.21
3COL1700.81
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: 55.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 10.0
Expected: 6.7
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 - 2 Colorado Avalanche
Expected: 3.5 - 3.3