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St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-12-19 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 1 St. Louis Blues

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 70.2%
STL: 29.8%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.74
STL: 2.50
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 42%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 39-15-4 | 0.911 SV% | 2.31 GAA
STL
Joel Hofer - 23-13-5 | 0.910 SV% | 2.60 GAA
StatTBLSTL
Season SV%0.9130.901
Last 5 SV%0.9190.917
SV% vs Opponent0.9330.944
GAA2.332.87
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • TBL at home vs STL: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-16STL 3 - 2 TBLSTLTBL
2025-12-22TBL 4 - 1 STLTBLTBL
2024-12-19TBL 3 - 1 STLTBLTBL
2024-11-05STL 3 - 2 TBLSTLSTL
2023-12-19TBL 6 - 1 STLTBLTBL

⚡ 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
105:14TBLGoal
203:42TBLGoal
212:15TBLGoal
213:33TBLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 70.2%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 1 St. Louis Blues
Expected: 3.7 - 2.5