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Minnesota Wild at Edmonton Oilers NHL Predictions

2024-11-21 • Rogers Place
Edmonton Oilers 3 - 5 Minnesota Wild
🚨 Upset Loss (60% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
EDM: 59.9%
MIN: 40.1%
Expected Goals
EDM: 3.64
MIN: 2.85
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

EDM
Stuart Skinner - 26-18-4 | 0.896 SV% | 2.81 GAA
MIN
Marc-Andre Fleury - 14-9-1 | 0.899 SV% | 2.93 GAA
StatEDMMIN
Season SV%0.8960.899
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.812.93
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
EDMStuart Skinner2621580.8%2.522-2.48
MINMarc-Andre Fleury3128390.3%2.251-0.75
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: 33% • EDM at home vs MIN: 1-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-31EDM 3 - 7 MINMINEDM
2025-12-20MIN 5 - 2 EDMMINEDM
2025-12-02EDM 0 - 1 MINMINEDM
2025-01-15MIN 3 - 5 EDMEDMEDM
2024-12-12MIN 1 - 7 EDMEDMEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1EDM800.37
1MIN1300.83
2EDM1600.48
2MIN1510.98
3EDM1611.39
3MIN810.71
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: 59.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Edmonton Oilers 3 - 5 Minnesota Wild
Expected: 3.6 - 2.8