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Chicago Blackhawks at New York Islanders NHL Predictions

2024-12-12 • UBS Arena
New York Islanders 5 - 4 Chicago Blackhawks

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYI: 64.0%
CHI: 36.0%
Expected Goals
NYI: 3.52
CHI: 2.64
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 57%
Over 6.5: 39%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 20-13-2 | 0.916 SV% | 2.44 GAA
CHI
Spencer Knight - 16-16-7 | 0.908 SV% | 2.62 GAA
StatNYICHI
Season SV%0.9100.909
Last 5 SV%0.9300.864
SV% vs Opponent0.905
GAA2.552.63
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 80% • NYI at home vs CHI: 2-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-30CHI 2 - 3 NYINYICHI
2024-12-15CHI 5 - 3 NYICHICHI
2024-12-12NYI 5 - 4 CHINYINYI
2024-04-02NYI 2 - 1 CHINYINYI
2024-01-19CHI 4 - 3 NYICHICHI

⚡ 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
116:47CHIGoal
206:59NYIGoal
214:06NYIGoal
305:39NYIGoal
306:36NYIGoal
307:58NYIGoal
311:04NYIGoal
318:50NYIGoal
319:50NYIGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 64.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
New York Islanders 5 - 4 Chicago Blackhawks
Expected: 3.5 - 2.6