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San Jose Sharks at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-12-05 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 - 1 San Jose Sharks

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 74.4%
SJS: 25.6%
Expected Goals
TBL: 4.15
SJS: 2.45
Total Goals
Median: 7.5
Over 5.5: 77%
Over 6.5: 63%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 39-15-4 | 0.911 SV% | 2.31 GAA
SJS
Yaroslav Askarov - 21-20-4 | 0.883 SV% | 3.63 GAA
StatTBLSJS
Season SV%0.9130.896
Last 5 SV%0.9190.862
SV% vs Opponent0.9110.793
GAA2.333.36
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 83% • TBL at home vs SJS: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-20TBL 4 - 1 SJSTBLTBL
2026-01-03SJS 3 - 7 TBLTBLTBL
2025-01-02SJS 2 - 1 TBLSJSTBL
2024-12-05TBL 8 - 1 SJSTBLTBL
2024-03-21SJS 1 - 4 TBLTBLTBL

⚡ 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
101:26TBLGoal
107:29TBLGoal
108:32TBLGoal
108:55TBLGoal
117:45TBLGoal
204:16TBLGoal
218:32TBLGoal
300:14TBLGoal
306:01TBLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 74.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 - 1 San Jose Sharks
Expected: 4.2 - 2.4