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Tampa Bay Lightning at Los Angeles Kings NHL Predictions

2025-01-04 • Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles Kings 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
LAK: 62.0%
TBL: 38.0%
Expected Goals
LAK: 3.05
TBL: 2.90
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 55%
Over 6.5: 39%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

LAK
Darcy Kuemper - 14-11-9 | 0.900 SV% | 2.59 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
StatLAKTBL
Season SV%0.9130.913
Last 5 SV%0.8660.921
SV% vs Opponent0.8260.900
GAA2.272.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • LAK at home vs TBL: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-01LAK 3 - 5 TBLTBLLAK
2025-12-18TBL 1 - 2 LAKLAKTBL
2025-01-30TBL 3 - 0 LAKTBLTBL
2025-01-04LAK 2 - 1 TBLLAKLAK
2024-03-23LAK 4 - 3 TBLLAKLAK

⚡ 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
101:09TBLGoal
107:58LAKGoal
314:12LAKGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 62.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 5.9
Score Breakdown
Los Angeles Kings 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.1 - 2.9