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Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2025-11-08 • Benchmark International Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 2 Washington Capitals

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 53.5%
WSH: 46.5%
Expected Goals
TBL: 3.36
WSH: 3.61
Total Goals
Median: 7.0
Over 5.5: 70%
Over 6.5: 56%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
WSH
Logan Thompson - 20-16-4 | 0.913 SV% | 2.41 GAA
StatTBLWSH
Season SV%0.9130.913
Last 5 SV%0.9210.904
SV% vs Opponent0.9140.800
GAA2.332.39
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 56% • TBL at home vs WSH: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-22WSH 3 - 5 TBLTBLWSH
2025-11-08TBL 3 - 2 WSHTBLTBL
2025-10-14WSH 3 - 2 TBLWSHWSH
2025-03-01WSH 1 - 3 TBLTBLWSH
2024-11-27TBL 4 - 5 WSHWSHWSH

⚡ 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
115:09TBLGoal
106:07TBLGoal
104:06WSHGoal
217:08TBLGoal
308:42TBLGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 53.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 7.0
Score Breakdown
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 2 Washington Capitals
Expected: 3.4 - 3.6