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Tampa Bay Lightning at Dallas Stars NHL Predictions

2025-03-20 • American Airlines Center
Dallas Stars 2 - 3 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
DAL: 46.2%
TBL: 53.8%
Expected Goals
DAL: 3.00
TBL: 3.15
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 57%
Over 6.5: 42%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

DAL
Casey DeSmith - 9-2-4 | 0.912 SV% | 2.44 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
StatDALTBL
Season SV%0.9120.913
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.442.33
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
DALCasey DeSmith4237588.1%5.9170.91
TBLAndrei Vasilevskiy2824485.7%4.1850.18
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: 90% • DAL at home vs TBL: 2-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-18DAL 1 - 4 TBLTBLTBL
2025-10-30TBL 2 - 1 DALTBLTBL
2025-03-20DAL 2 - 3 TBLTBLTBL
2024-11-23TBL 2 - 4 DALDALDAL
2023-12-04TBL 4 - 0 DALTBLTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1DAL920.92
1TBL1721.33
2DAL1011.05
2TBL1021.08
3DAL1000.28
3TBL1800.67
4DAL000.00
4TBL400.28
5DAL421.93
5TBL432.56
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: 53.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Dallas Stars 2 - 3 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.0 - 3.1