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Chicago Blackhawks at Edmonton Oilers NHL Predictions

2024-10-12 • Rogers Place
Edmonton Oilers 2 - 5 Chicago Blackhawks
🚨 Upset Loss (54% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
EDM: 53.9%
CHI: 46.1%
Expected Goals
EDM: 2.87
CHI: 4.15
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

EDM
Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA
CHI
Petr Mrazek - 18-31-4 | 0.907 SV% | 3.05 GAA
StatEDMCHI
Season SV%0.8740.907
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.693.05
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
EDMCalvin Pickard2015575.0%1.862-3.14
CHIPetr Mrazek3836294.7%3.4421.44
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 89% • EDM at home vs CHI: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-02EDM 3 - 1 CHIEDMEDM
2026-01-12CHI 1 - 4 EDMEDMEDM
2025-11-01EDM 3 - 2 CHIEDMEDM
2025-02-05CHI 3 - 4 EDMEDMEDM
2025-01-11CHI 3 - 4 EDMEDMEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1EDM1601.06
1CHI1100.53
2EDM1710.99
2CHI910.62
3EDM2411.39
3CHI510.71
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 53.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 7.0
Score Breakdown
Edmonton Oilers 2 - 5 Chicago Blackhawks
Expected: 2.9 - 4.2