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Edmonton Oilers at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2024-11-18 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 3 - 0 Edmonton Oilers
🚨 Upset Win (56% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 43.7%
EDM: 56.3%
Expected Goals
MTL: 2.76
EDM: 2.95
Total Goals
Median: 6.6
Over 5.5: 68%
Over 6.5: 50%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Samuel Montembeault - 6-6-1 | 0.863 SV% | 3.52 GAA
EDM
Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA
StatMTLEDM
Season SV%0.8630.874
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.523.69
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
MTLSamuel Montembeault30300100.0%3.2323.23
EDMCalvin Pickard2522388.0%3.5140.51
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: 67% • MTL at home vs EDM: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-14MTL 4 - 1 EDMMTLEDM
2025-10-23EDM 6 - 5 MTLEDMEDM
2025-03-06EDM 3 - 2 MTLEDMEDM
2024-11-18MTL 3 - 0 EDMMTLEDM
2024-03-19EDM 3 - 2 MTLEDMEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1MTL1110.75
1EDM1822.10
2MTL1411.06
2EDM900.47
3MTL1921.70
3EDM1200.66
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: 56.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 5.7
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 3 - 0 Edmonton Oilers
Expected: 2.8 - 3.0