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Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2024-12-22 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 4 Florida Panthers
🚨 Upset Loss (63% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 63.0%
FLA: 37.0%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.44
FLA: 2.77
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 56%
Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
FLA
Spencer Knight - 0-0-0 | 0.000 SV% | 0.00 GAA
StatTBLFLA
Season SV%0.9130.000
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.330.00
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 Vasilevskiy2622484.6%2.641-1.36
FLASpencer Knight2119290.5%1.952-0.05
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: 52% • TBL at home vs FLA: 3-8
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-05TBL 6 - 1 FLATBLTBL
2025-12-27FLA 2 - 4 TBLTBLTBL
2025-12-15TBL 2 - 5 FLAFLATBL
2025-11-15FLA 1 - 3 TBLTBLTBL
2025-04-30TBL 3 - 6 FLAFLATBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1311.07
1FLA1400.46
2TBL500.33
2FLA1501.02
3TBL1110.55
3FLA1011.17
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: 63.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 4 Florida Panthers
Expected: 3.4 - 2.8