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Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals NHL Predictions

2024-10-31 • Capital One Arena
Washington Capitals 6 - 3 Montreal Canadiens

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
WSH: 82.7%
MTL: 17.3%
Expected Goals
WSH: 4.67
MTL: 2.56
Total Goals
Median: 9.2
Over 5.5: 88%
Over 6.5: 79%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

WSH
Logan Thompson - 31-21-6 | 0.912 SV% | 2.44 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 29-10-4 | 0.901 SV% | 2.78 GAA
StatWSHMTL
Season SV%0.9130.889
Last 5 SV%0.9120.891
SV% vs Opponent0.9200.889
GAA2.393.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 86% • WSH at home vs MTL: 5-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-28MTL 6 - 2 WSHMTLMTL
2026-01-13WSH 3 - 2 MTLWSHWSH
2025-11-20MTL 4 - 8 WSHWSHMTL
2025-04-30WSH 4 - 1 MTLWSHWSH
2025-04-27MTL 2 - 5 WSHWSHWSH

⚡ 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
203:21WSHGoal
209:52WSHGoal
210:31MTLGoal
211:45WSHGoal
212:39WSHGoal
218:00WSHGoal
304:21WSHGoal
304:57WSHGoal
312:27WSHGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 82.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 7.2
Score Breakdown
Washington Capitals 6 - 3 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 4.7 - 2.6