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New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-02-01 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 3 New York Islanders
🚨 Upset Loss (54% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 53.5%
NYI: 46.5%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.10
NYI: 2.91
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 54%
Over 6.5: 41%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 39-15-4 | 0.911 SV% | 2.31 GAA
NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 29-24-2 | 0.906 SV% | 2.68 GAA
StatTBLNYI
Season SV%0.9130.910
Last 5 SV%0.9190.851
SV% vs Opponent0.9170.969
GAA2.332.55
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • TBL at home vs NYI: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-13NYI 3 - 2 TBLNYINYI
2025-12-06TBL 0 - 2 NYINYITBL
2025-12-02NYI 2 - 1 TBLNYINYI
2025-04-01NYI 1 - 4 TBLTBLTBL
2025-03-29TBL 5 - 3 NYITBLTBL

⚡ 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
205:39TBLGoal
218:16TBLGoal
306:41NYIGoal
319:13TBLGoal
400:33NYIGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 53.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.0
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 3 New York Islanders
Expected: 3.1 - 2.9