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Columbus Blue Jackets at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2024-03-12 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 3 - 0 Columbus Blue Jackets

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 55.7%
CBJ: 44.3%
Expected Goals
MTL: 3.11
CBJ: 3.18
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 41%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
CBJ
Jet Greaves - 18-12-6 | 0.910 SV% | 2.62 GAA
StatMTLCBJ
Season SV%0.8890.909
Last 5 SV%0.9030.928
SV% vs Opponent0.8700.906
GAA3.012.62
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 71% • MTL at home vs CBJ: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-17CBJ 4 - 3 MTLCBJCBJ
2024-12-23CBJ 5 - 4 MTLCBJCBJ
2024-11-27CBJ 3 - 4 MTLMTLCBJ
2024-11-16MTL 5 - 1 CBJMTLMTL
2024-03-12MTL 3 - 0 CBJMTLMTL

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
100:21MTLGoal
103:15MTLGoal
105:48MTLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 55.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 3 - 0 Columbus Blue Jackets
Expected: 3.1 - 3.2