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Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-10-26 • Benchmark International Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 1 Vegas Golden Knights (OT)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 53.0%
VGK: 47.0%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.18
VGK: 3.15
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 46%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
VGK
Akira Schmid - 16-6-6 | 0.895 SV% | 2.53 GAA
StatTBLVGK
Season SV%0.9130.895
Last 5 SV%0.9210.891
SV% vs Opponent0.922
GAA2.332.50
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • TBL at home vs VGK: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-06VGK 3 - 6 TBLTBLVGK
2025-10-26TBL 2 - 1 VGKTBLTBL
2025-03-23VGK 4 - 2 TBLVGKVGK
2024-10-17TBL 4 - 3 VGKTBLTBL
2024-03-19VGK 3 - 5 TBLTBLVGK

⚡ 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
104:53TBLGoal
118:25TBLGoal
400:32TBLGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 53.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 1 Vegas Golden Knights
Expected: 3.2 - 3.1