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2025-26 Season Live

Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings NHL Predictions

2024-04-18 • Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles Kings 5 - 4 Chicago Blackhawks

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
LAK: 66.3%
CHI: 33.7%
Expected Goals
LAK: 3.87
CHI: 3.11
Total Goals
Median: 7.0
Over 5.5: 73%
Over 6.5: 57%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

LAK
Darcy Kuemper - 14-11-9 | 0.900 SV% | 2.59 GAA
CHI
Spencer Knight - 16-16-7 | 0.908 SV% | 2.62 GAA
StatLAKCHI
Season SV%0.9130.909
Last 5 SV%0.8660.864
SV% vs Opponent0.9660.881
GAA2.272.63
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 56% • LAK at home vs CHI: 3-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-06LAK 6 - 0 CHILAKLAK
2025-12-04LAK 1 - 2 CHICHILAK
2025-10-26CHI 1 - 3 LAKLAKCHI
2025-03-20CHI 1 - 3 LAKLAKLAK
2025-03-03CHI 5 - 1 LAKCHICHI

⚡ 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
115:39CHIGoal
204:37LAKGoal
216:04LAKGoal
217:24LAKGoal
301:28LAKGoal
303:42LAKGoal
306:28CHIGoal
318:39LAKGoal
400:06LAKGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 66.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 7.0
Score Breakdown
Los Angeles Kings 5 - 4 Chicago Blackhawks
Expected: 3.9 - 3.1