Utah Hockey Club at Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL forecast
Win probability
Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with every score and the time left. Above the line favors TB; hover for each play.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Utah HC
Lightning- Oliver BjorkstrandGoals2
- Nikita KucherovAssists3
- Nikita KucherovPoints4
Scoring summary
- P314:54Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Perbix (13)0–8
- P38:59Brayden Point Goal (36) Batted, assists: Nikita Kucherov (73), Victor Hedman (44)0–7
- P219:36Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (19), Ryan McDonagh (24)0–6
- P217:54Jake Guentzel Goal (36) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (72), Victor Hedman (43)0–5
- P29:14Nikita Kucherov Goal (32) Backhand, assists: Brayden Point (35), Darren Raddysh (29)0–4
- P25:05Gage Goncalves Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Emil Lilleberg (18), Yanni Gourde (18)0–3
- P14:20Victor Hedman Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: J.J. Moser (11), Brandon Hagel (47)0–2
- P11:30Jake Guentzel Goal (35) Backhand, assists: Nikita Kucherov (71), Ryan McDonagh (23)0–1
Turning points
The 5 plays that swung the win chance most, each judged at its own moment: the chance with the score just before it against just after.
- P11:30Jake Guentzel Goal (35) Backhand, assists: Nikita Kucherov (71), Ryan McDonagh (23)UTAH 0 – 1 TB · TB 63% → 76% +13TB 63% → 76%+13 pts
- P14:20Victor Hedman Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: J.J. Moser (11), Brandon Hagel (47)UTAH 0 – 2 TB · TB 76% → 86% +10TB 76% → 86%+10 pts
- P25:05Gage Goncalves Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Emil Lilleberg (18), Yanni Gourde (18)UTAH 0 – 3 TB · TB 89% → 96% +7TB 89% → 96%+7 pts
- P29:14Nikita Kucherov Goal (32) Backhand, assists: Brayden Point (35), Darren Raddysh (29)UTAH 0 – 4 TB · TB 96% → 99% +3TB 96% → 99%+3 pts
- P217:54Jake Guentzel Goal (36) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (72), Victor Hedman (43)UTAH 0 – 5 TB · TB >99% → >99% +0TB >99% → >99%+0 pts
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Lightning 64%
Forecast Elo ratings alone
How often that comes true: NHL favorites the forecast gave 60–65% have won 62.4% of 599 graded games.
- Market
- TB 64%
- ML UTAH +165 / TB -195
- Pre-line forecast
- TB 65%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- TB 65%
- Ratings vs. market
- +1.7 pts
- TB: Elo 65.4%, market 63.7%
- Fair odds
- TB -175
- UTAH +175 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- UTAH 2.4 – 3.1 TB
- Margin from the forecast, posted total 5.5
How the number is built
Elo inputs in rating points (higher favors that team; 25–28 Elo is about a point of spread in football and basketball), then how the pieces combine.
| Factor | UTAH | TB | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1485 | 1550 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +35 | Worth 35 Elo in the NHL |
| Starting goalies | −4 | +7 | UTAH: Karel Vejmelka: team allows 0.10 more goals than with its usual starter (≈30 weighted starts) · TB: Andrei Vasilevskiy: team allows 0.18 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈45 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | TB +110 Elo | TB 65.4% | |
| Market-implied ratings | TB 64.5% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | TB 64.7% | 20% Elo, 80% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | TB 63.7% | Follows the market (vig removed): in testing, adding the ratings made it less accurate | |
Tale of the tape
This season coming into the game, regular season, each number with its league rank (the longer the bar, the higher). Home and road: the host's record at home against the visitor's on the road. Overtime and shootout losses count as losses in these records. Shot share is a team's share of the shots on goal in its games. PDO adds shooting and save percentages: far from 100 tends to even out.
| UTAH | Stat | TB |
|---|---|---|
| 23rd of 322.9 | Goals scored | 3.52nd of 32 |
| 20th of 323.0 | Goals allowed | 2.78th of 32 |
| 19th of 32−0.2 | Margin | +0.83rd of 32 |
| 13th of 3250.5% | Shot share | 50.7%11th of 32 |
| 19th of 3289.9% | Save percentage | 91.3%2nd of 32 |
| 13th of 325–5 | Last 10 | 5–513th of 32 |
| 12th of 3217–18 | Road vs home | 25–106th of 32 |
Rating history
Each team's Elo over the last two seasons. Hover or drag to compare on any date.
Recent form
Last five results, and whether the forecast hit.
Against the line
How each team has done against the closing spread and total, coming into this game.
| This season |  UTAH |  TB |
|---|---|---|
| Puck line | 32–39 | 37–34 |
| Last 10 | 5–5 | 3–7 |
| Favorite | 11–25 | 27–24 |
| Underdog | 21–14 | 10–10 |
| Overs–unders | 31–40 | 31–40 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 5–5 | 5–5 |
Against each game's closing line. Books set every line knowing these records: across 3,901 past games, the team with the better record against the spread so far that season covered 51.2%, short of the 52.4% a standard −110 bet needs, and over/under streaks held 48.0% of the time. They describe the past.
Head to head
UTAH 1–0 TB in their last 1 meeting; the forecast called 1 of 1.