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Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Lightning logo
Lightning
Tampa Bay
3
vs
Bruins logo
Bruins
Boston
1
TBL 60%40% BOS
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Tampa Bay Lightning 60% to win. The top 3 signals favoring Lightning:

  • Home Field Advantage. Lightning are 0-0 at home this season
  • Defensive Efficiency. Lightning defense (2.7 Opp PPG) better than Bruins (3.1 Opp PPG)
  • Recent Form. Lightning (38-18) in better form than Bruins (34-22)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: TBL 55% (−5)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: TBL 57% (−3)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: TBL 57% (−3)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: TBL 58% (−2)

Win probability movement

TBL home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement65%60%55%Apr 1Apr 4

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Bruins (away)
Lightning (home)
40%
Win probability
60%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Lightning defeated the Bruins 3-1.

Our model predicted the Lightning would win with 60% confidence -- and they delivered. Even with modest confidence, the model got this one right.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Lightning and was a notable factor: Lightning are 0-0 at home this season
  • Defensive Efficiency favored the Lightning and was a contributing factor: Lightning defense (2.7 Opp PPG) better than Bruins (3.1 Opp PPG)
  • Recent Form favored the Lightning and was a contributing factor: Lightning (38-18) in better form than Bruins (34-22)

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Lightning won 3-1

Lightning won in a close game

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Lightning at 60%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Defensive EfficiencyFavors Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Recent FormFavors Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Offensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

BOS
TBL
Home Field Advantage
Defensive Efficiency
Recent Form
Offensive Efficiency
Favours BOS|Favours TBL

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Model vs. Market

Comparing our model against market-implied probabilities

Lightning

Our Model60%

Bruins

Our Model40%

Odds by Source

SourceLightningBruinsSpreadO/U
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FanDuel-192+158-1.56.5

Understanding the win probability calculation

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 4/4/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Bruins

Luke CavallinG
Michael DiPietroG
Jeremy SwaymanG
Jiri PateraG
Joonas KorpisaloG

Lightning

Mads SogaardG
Olivier RodrigueG
Harrison MeneghinG
Kyle KoninG
Andrei VasilevskiyG

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Lightning has a 60% win probability, while Bruins has a 40% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, FL.

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