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Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-04-11 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 4 Detroit Red Wings
🚨 Upset Loss (73% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 72.8%
DET: 27.2%
Expected Goals
TBL: 4.00
DET: 2.71
Total Goals
Median: 6.6
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 51%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
DET
Alex Lyon - 14-9-1 | 0.896 SV% | 2.81 GAA
StatTBLDET
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 Vasilevskiy2622484.6%2.652-1.35
DETAlex Lyon2118385.7%2.362-0.64
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: 64% • TBL at home vs DET: 3-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-13TBL 4 - 3 DETTBLTBL
2026-03-12TBL 4 - 1 DETTBLTBL
2025-11-28DET 3 - 6 TBLTBLTBL
2025-10-17DET 2 - 1 TBLDETTBL
2025-04-11TBL 3 - 4 DETDETTBL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1310.83
1DET1710.98
2TBL1511.11
2DET910.73
3TBL800.42
3DET1800.76
4TBL000.00
4DET300.18
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: 72.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.7
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 4 Detroit Red Wings
Expected: 4.0 - 2.7