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Edmonton Oilers at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-02-25 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 1 Edmonton Oilers
🚨 Upset Win (57% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 43.2%
EDM: 56.8%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.19
EDM: 3.21
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
EDM
Stuart Skinner - 26-18-4 | 0.896 SV% | 2.81 GAA
StatTBLEDM
Season SV%0.9130.896
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.332.81
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 Vasilevskiy2423195.8%1.8100.81
EDMStuart Skinner3632488.9%2.760-1.24
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: 40% • TBL at home vs EDM: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-21EDM 2 - 5 TBLTBLEDM
2025-11-20TBL 2 - 1 EDMTBLTBL
2025-02-25TBL 4 - 1 EDMTBLEDM
2024-12-10EDM 2 - 1 TBLEDMEDM
2023-12-14EDM 4 - 7 TBLTBLEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1500.82
1EDM1000.69
2TBL2201.34
2EDM1100.63
3TBL1000.59
3EDM500.48
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
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 56.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 1 Edmonton Oilers
Expected: 3.2 - 3.2