NHL
Thursday, October 29 at 07:00 PM EDT
10,000 Sim Trials Run
WPG
Winnipeg Jets
Away
4-6-3
(2-2-2 Away)
Form
L
L
L
L
L
Projected Final Score
2.61
—
3.62
TBL
Tampa Bay Lightning
Home
8-3-1
(6-0-0 Home)
Form
W
W
W
L
L
- Spread
-
WPG +1.5 (-140)TBL -1.5 (+115)
- Total
-
Posted 6.0 (-110)Simulated 6.2
- Moneyline
-
WPG +180TBL -215
Simulated Outcome Probability
Winnipeg Jets
33.8%
Tampa Bay Lightning
66.3%
No edge at +180
No edge at -215
Our 10,000 iterations project the Tampa Bay Lightning to win outright in 66.3% of simulated game-runs.
Simulator Cover Probability
Spread
Line: WPG +1.5 / TBL -1.5
WPG covers
(-140)
56.9%
TBL covers
(+115)
43.1%
Total
O/U: 6.0
OVER
(-110)
51.1%
UNDER
(-110)
48.9%
Model Simulation Deciders
- • 🥅 Goaltending: WPG Stuart Skinner (.894 projected SV%) vs TBL Andrei Vasilevskiy (.900 projected SV%).
- • 🏒 Lineup Scoring: WPG dresses 2.5 goals/game of talent (led by Scheifele, Connor, Vilardi) | TBL dresses 3.25 goals/game of talent (led by Kucherov, Guentzel, Hagel).
- • 📐 Model Rates: WPG 2.52 vs TBL 3.55 regulation goals before the market blend.
- • ⏱️ Overtime: Tied after regulation in 18.7% of trials. Most common finals: 2-3 (7.7%), 3-4 (6.4%), 3-2 (5.3%).
- • 💵 Market Anchor: Blended 60% toward rates implied by the posted prices (TBL 65.6% no-vig, Over 6.0 50.0%).
- • ❌ Injury: WPG - Josh Morrissey (D) is Injured Reserve; removed from the projected lineup.
- • ❌ Injury: WPG - Vladislav Namestnikov (C) is Injured Reserve; removed from the projected lineup.
- • ❌ Injury: TBL - Yanni Gourde (C) is Injured Reserve; removed from the projected lineup.
- • ❌ Injury: TBL - Zemgus Girgensons (C) is Out; removed from the projected lineup.
VegasSims Best Bet & Analysis
Best Bet
Our 10,000 simulations project the Tampa Bay Lightning winning in 66.3% of trials. Projected score: WPG 2.61 - TBL 3.62. No side clears a 3.0-point edge over the posted prices.
Starting Goalies
Winnipeg Jets
Stuart Skinner
- Proj SV%
- .893
- Starts
- 39
- Shots Faced
- 1017
Tampa Bay Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
- Proj SV%
- .899
- Starts
- 44
- Shots Faced
- 1100
Save percentage blends this season and last, weighted by shots faced and regressed toward replacement level, so a hot two-week stretch does not read as elite.
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