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Los Angeles Kings at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-01-30 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 0 Los Angeles Kings

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 72.7%
LAK: 27.3%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.72
LAK: 2.20
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 55%
Over 6.5: 40%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
LAK
David Rittich - 16-14-2 | 0.886 SV% | 2.84 GAA
StatTBLLAK
Season SV%0.9130.886
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.332.84
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 Vasilevskiy28280100.0%1.8501.85
LAKDavid Rittich3330390.9%4.7241.72
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: 50% • TBL at home vs LAK: 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 TBLLAKTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1211.14
1LAK1600.89
2TBL1911.32
2LAK1100.38
3TBL1322.26
3LAK1600.58
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
✅ Correct
Confidence: 72.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 5.9
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 0 Los Angeles Kings
Expected: 3.7 - 2.2