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New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Lightning logo
Lightning
Tampa Bay
2
vs
Rangers logo
Rangers
New York
4
TBL 56%44% NYR
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Tampa Bay Lightning 56% to win. The biggest signal favoring Lightning:

  • Home Field Advantage. Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: TBL 52% (−4)

Win probability movement

TBL home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement61%56%51%Apr 12Apr 15

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

Rangers (away)
Lightning (home)
44%
Win probability
56%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Rangers defeated the Lightning 4-2.

Our model predicted the Lightning would win with 56% confidence, but the Rangers won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Lightning and was a notable factor: Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)
  • Offensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No offensive stats available for comparison
  • Defensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No defensive stats available for comparison

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

Rangers won 2-4

Rangers won in a close game

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Lightning at 56%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Offensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
  • Head to HeadNeutral
  • Recent FormNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

NYR
TBL
Home Field Advantage
Favours NYR|Favours TBL

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Understanding the win probability calculation

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 4/15/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Rangers

No player data available

Lightning

Harrison MeneghinG
Kyle KoninG
Andrei VasilevskiyG
Jonas JohanssonG
Dennis HildebyG

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Lightning has a 56% win probability, while Rangers has a 44% 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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