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Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-04-30 • Amalie Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 6 Florida Panthers

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 46.5%
FLA: 53.5%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.08
FLA: 2.98
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 42%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 15-7-2 | 0.913 SV% | 2.33 GAA
FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 17-9-1 | 0.888 SV% | 2.80 GAA
StatTBLFLA
Season SV%0.9130.888
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.332.80
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 Vasilevskiy3125680.6%3.443-2.56
FLASergei Bobrovsky2926389.7%2.953-0.05
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: 61% • TBL at home vs FLA: 7-10
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 FLAFLAFLA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1TBL1311.15
1FLA1922.00
2TBL1511.23
2FLA1000.40
3TBL1110.58
3FLA911.03
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: 53.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 6 Florida Panthers
Expected: 3.1 - 3.0