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New York Islanders at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2024-12-03 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 1 New York Islanders

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 59.0%
NYI: 41.0%
Expected Goals
MTL: 2.56
NYI: 2.91
Total Goals
Median: 5.3
Over 5.5: 48%
Over 6.5: 34%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 20-13-2 | 0.916 SV% | 2.44 GAA
StatMTLNYI
Season SV%0.8890.910
Last 5 SV%0.9030.930
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.012.55
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 100% • MTL at home vs NYI: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-26MTL
2025-03-20NYI 4 - 3 MTLNYINYI
2024-12-03MTL 2 - 1 NYIMTLMTL
2024-10-19NYI 4 - 3 MTLNYINYI
2024-04-11NYI 3 - 2 MTLNYINYI

⚡ 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
218:55MTLGoal
207:23MTLGoal
402:39MTLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 59.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 5.5
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 1 New York Islanders
Expected: 2.6 - 2.9