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Montreal Canadiens at Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Predictions

2024-11-27 • Nationwide Arena
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Montreal Canadiens
🚨 Upset Loss (65% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
CBJ: 64.9%
MTL: 35.1%
Expected Goals
CBJ: 3.81
MTL: 2.72
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 49%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

CBJ
Jet Greaves - 18-12-6 | 0.910 SV% | 2.62 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
StatCBJMTL
Season SV%0.9090.889
Last 5 SV%0.9280.903
SV% vs Opponent0.9060.870
GAA2.623.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 71% • CBJ at home vs MTL: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-17CBJ 4 - 3 MTLCBJCBJ
2024-12-23CBJ 5 - 4 MTLCBJCBJ
2024-11-27CBJ 3 - 4 MTLMTLCBJ
2024-11-16MTL 5 - 1 CBJMTLMTL
2024-03-12MTL 3 - 0 CBJMTLMTL

⚡ 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
109:08CBJGoal
113:00CBJGoal
204:27CBJGoal
206:34CBJGoal
308:24MTLGoal
312:22CBJGoal
400:44MTLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 64.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.8 - 2.7