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Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-01-18 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 - 1 Detroit Red Wings

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 63.7%
DET: 36.3%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.50
DET: 2.95
Total Goals
Median: 6.5
Over 5.5: 72%
Over 6.5: 52%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 39-15-4 | 0.911 SV% | 2.31 GAA
DET
John Gibson - 29-22-4 | 0.901 SV% | 2.72 GAA
StatTBLDET
Season SV%0.9130.893
Last 5 SV%0.9190.862
SV% vs Opponent0.9270.895
GAA2.332.97
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 55% • TBL at home vs DET: 3-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-13TBL 4 - 3 DETTBLTBL
2026-03-12TBL 4 - 1 DETTBLTBL
2025-11-28DET 3 - 6 TBLTBLTBL
2025-10-17DET 2 - 1 TBLDETDET
2025-04-11TBL 3 - 4 DETDETTBL

⚡ 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
102:02TBLGoal
200:16TBLGoal
201:50TBLGoal
203:58TBLGoal
214:12TBLGoal
215:06TBLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 63.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 - 1 Detroit Red Wings
Expected: 3.5 - 2.9