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Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks NHL Predictions

2025-01-02 • SAP Center at San Jose
San Jose Sharks 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
SJS: 52.8%
TBL: 47.2%
Expected Goals
SJS: 2.35
TBL: 2.97
Total Goals
Median: 5.1
Over 5.5: 45%
Over 6.5: 31%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

SJS
Yaroslav Askarov - 17-15-2 | 0.888 SV% | 3.53 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
StatSJSTBL
Season SV%0.8960.913
Last 5 SV%0.8740.921
SV% vs Opponent0.7930.911
GAA3.362.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • SJS at home vs TBL: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-20TBL 4 - 1 SJSTBLTBL
2026-01-03SJS 3 - 7 TBLTBLSJS
2025-01-02SJS 2 - 1 TBLSJSSJS
2024-12-05TBL 8 - 1 SJSTBLTBL
2024-03-21SJS 1 - 4 TBLTBLSJS

⚡ 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
113:52SJSGoal
212:55SJSGoal
217:44SJSGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 52.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 5.3
Score Breakdown
San Jose Sharks 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 2.4 - 3.0