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Los Angeles Kings at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2024-10-17 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 1 - 4 Los Angeles Kings

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 41.6%
LAK: 58.4%
Expected Goals
MTL: 2.89
LAK: 3.37
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 29-10-4 | 0.901 SV% | 2.78 GAA
LAK
Darcy Kuemper - 19-14-15 | 0.891 SV% | 2.78 GAA
StatMTLLAK
Season SV%0.8890.913
Last 5 SV%0.8910.833
SV% vs Opponent0.9230.889
GAA3.012.27
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 67% • MTL at home vs LAK: 0-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-07LAK 3 - 4 MTLMTLLAK
2025-11-11MTL 1 - 5 LAKLAKMTL
2025-02-05LAK 6 - 3 MTLLAKLAK
2024-10-17MTL 1 - 4 LAKLAKLAK
2023-12-07MTL 0 - 4 LAKLAKLAK

⚡ 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
107:02MTLGoal
118:20MTLGoal
201:37LAKGoal
317:02LAKGoal
319:12LAKGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 58.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 1 - 4 Los Angeles Kings
Expected: 2.9 - 3.4