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Montreal Canadiens at New York Rangers NHL Predictions

2024-04-07 • Madison Square Garden
New York Rangers 5 - 2 Montreal Canadiens

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYR: 66.8%
MTL: 33.2%
Expected Goals
NYR: 3.82
MTL: 2.54
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 65%
Over 6.5: 49%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYR
Igor Shesterkin - 25-17-6 | 0.912 SV% | 2.50 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 27-8-4 | 0.904 SV% | 2.73 GAA
StatNYRMTL
Season SV%0.9100.889
Last 5 SV%0.9120.955
SV% vs Opponent0.837
GAA2.513.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 78% • NYR at home vs MTL: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-02NYR 2 - 3 MTLMTLNYR
2025-12-13NYR 5 - 4 MTLNYRNYR
2025-10-18MTL 3 - 4 NYRNYRMTL
2025-01-19MTL 5 - 4 NYRMTLMTL
2024-11-30NYR 4 - 3 MTLNYRNYR

⚡ 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
119:30MTLGoal
212:31NYRGoal
303:59NYRGoal
306:09NYRGoal
312:13NYRGoal
316:56NYRGoal
318:45NYRGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 66.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
New York Rangers 5 - 2 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.8 - 2.5