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Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers NHL Predictions

2025-03-03 • Amerant Bank Arena
Florida Panthers 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
🚨 Upset Win (51% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
FLA: 49.1%
TBL: 50.9%
Expected Goals
FLA: 3.68
TBL: 2.93
Total Goals
Median: 5.7
Over 5.5: 52%
Over 6.5: 38%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 17-9-1 | 0.888 SV% | 2.80 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatFLATBL
Season SV%0.8880.913
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.802.33
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
FLASergei Bobrovsky2928196.6%3.7942.79
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy2927293.1%2.1800.18
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: 52% • FLA at home vs TBL: 5-5
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-05TBL 6 - 1 FLATBLTBL
2025-12-27FLA 2 - 4 TBLTBLTBL
2025-12-15TBL 2 - 5 FLAFLATBL
2025-11-15FLA 1 - 3 TBLTBLTBL
2025-04-30TBL 3 - 6 FLAFLATBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1FLA1300.60
1TBL1410.92
2FLA1700.82
2TBL1500.46
3FLA1700.76
3TBL2132.40
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: 50.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Florida Panthers 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.7 - 2.9