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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 (61% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
CBJ: 60.7%
MTL: 39.3%
Expected Goals
CBJ: 3.54
MTL: 2.77
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 49%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

CBJ
Jet Greaves - 26-19-9 | 0.908 SV% | 2.60 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 29-10-4 | 0.901 SV% | 2.78 GAA
StatCBJMTL
Season SV%0.9090.889
Last 5 SV%0.8880.891
SV% vs Opponent0.9050.890
GAA2.623.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 44% • CBJ at home vs MTL: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-11MTL 2 - 5 CBJCBJMTL
2026-03-26MTL 2 - 1 CBJMTLCBJ
2025-11-17CBJ 4 - 3 MTLCBJCBJ
2024-12-23CBJ 5 - 4 MTLCBJCBJ
2024-11-27CBJ 3 - 4 MTLMTLCBJ

⚡ 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: 60.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.5 - 2.8