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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: 53.9%
NYI: 46.1%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.29
NYI: 3.27
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 64%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 20-13-2 | 0.916 SV% | 2.44 GAA
StatTBLNYI
Season SV%0.9130.910
Last 5 SV%0.9210.930
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: 56% • 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 TBLTBLNYI
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
218:16TBLGoal
205:39TBLGoal
319:13TBLGoal
306:41NYIGoal
400:33NYIGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 53.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 3 New York Islanders
Expected: 3.3 - 3.3