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Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers NHL Predictions

2025-04-17 • Madison Square Garden
New York Rangers 4 - 0 Tampa Bay Lightning

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYR: 55.7%
TBL: 44.3%
Expected Goals
NYR: 3.03
TBL: 3.07
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYR
Igor Shesterkin - 17-12-4 | 0.913 SV% | 2.45 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
StatNYRTBL
Season SV%0.9100.913
Last 5 SV%0.9420.921
SV% vs Opponent0.9140.615
GAA2.512.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • NYR at home vs TBL: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-29NYR 1 - 4 TBLTBLNYR
2025-11-12TBL 3 - 7 NYRNYRTBL
2025-04-17NYR 4 - 0 TBLNYRNYR
2025-04-07NYR 1 - 5 TBLTBLNYR
2024-12-28TBL 6 - 2 NYRTBLTBL

⚡ 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
201:02NYRGoal
304:02NYRGoal
312:50NYRGoal
316:24NYRGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 55.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
New York Rangers 4 - 0 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.0 - 3.1