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New York Rangers at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2024-10-22 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 7 New York Rangers

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 49.6%
NYR: 50.4%
Expected Goals
MTL: 2.86
NYR: 4.11
Total Goals
Median: 6.6
Over 5.5: 68%
Over 6.5: 52%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
NYR
Igor Shesterkin - 17-12-4 | 0.913 SV% | 2.45 GAA
StatMTLNYR
Season SV%0.8890.910
Last 5 SV%0.9030.942
SV% vs Opponent0.778
GAA3.012.51
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 88% • MTL at home vs NYR: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-13NYR 5 - 4 MTLNYRNYR
2025-10-18MTL 3 - 4 NYRNYRMTL
2025-01-19MTL 5 - 4 NYRMTLMTL
2024-11-30NYR 4 - 3 MTLNYRNYR
2024-10-22MTL 2 - 7 NYRNYRNYR

⚡ 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
100:54NYRGoal
102:05NYRGoal
106:40NYRGoal
111:05NYRGoal
112:52NYRGoal
205:35NYRGoal
208:57NYRGoal
315:41NYRGoal
316:19NYRGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 50.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 7.0
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 7 New York Rangers
Expected: 2.9 - 4.1