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2025-26 Season Live

Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Predictions

2026-03-31 • Benchmark International Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens @ 7:00 PM EDT

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
TBL: 47.9%
MTL: 52.1%
Expected Goals
TBL: 2.75
MTL: 2.09
Total Goals
Median: 4.9
Over 5.5: 38%
Over 6.5: 25%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy - 28-7-3 | 0.920 SV% | 2.11 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
StatTBLMTL
Season SV%0.9130.889
Last 5 SV%0.9210.903
SV% vs Opponent0.786
GAA2.333.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 44% • TBL at home vs MTL: 3-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-28TBL 5 - 4 MTLTBLTBL
2025-12-09MTL 1 - 6 TBLTBLMTL
2025-02-09MTL 3 - 5 TBLTBLMTL
2025-01-21MTL 3 - 2 TBLMTLMTL
2024-12-29TBL 2 - 5 MTLMTLTBL

🔮 Game Preview

This game is scheduled for 2026-03-31 at 7:00 PM EDT.

Check back after the game for in-game win probability analysis and post-game results.