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Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings NHL Predictions

2025-10-17 • Little Caesars Arena
Detroit Red Wings 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning (OT)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
DET: 53.0%
TBL: 47.0%
Expected Goals
DET: 3.59
TBL: 2.97
Total Goals
Median: 6.9
Over 5.5: 67%
Over 6.5: 52%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

DET
John Gibson - 22-12-2 | 0.904 SV% | 2.62 GAA
TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
StatDETTBL
Season SV%0.8930.913
Last 5 SV%0.8870.921
SV% vs Opponent0.8970.926
GAA2.972.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 56% • DET at home vs TBL: 4-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-28DET 3 - 6 TBLTBLDET
2025-10-17DET 2 - 1 TBLDETDET
2025-04-11TBL 3 - 4 DETDETTBL
2025-02-08DET 3 - 6 TBLTBLDET
2025-01-25DET 2 - 0 TBLDETDET

⚡ 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
113:02DETGoal
316:17DETGoal
403:36DETGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 53.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Detroit Red Wings 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Lightning
Expected: 3.6 - 3.0