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Minnesota Wild at Washington Capitals NHL Predictions

2025-01-02 • Capital One Arena
Washington Capitals 3 - 4 Minnesota Wild
🚨 Upset Loss (59% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
WSH: 59.2%
MIN: 40.8%
Expected Goals
WSH: 3.01
MIN: 3.06
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 57%
Over 6.5: 41%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

WSH
Logan Thompson - 20-16-4 | 0.913 SV% | 2.41 GAA
MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 20-9-6 | 0.906 SV% | 2.64 GAA
StatWSHMIN
Season SV%0.9130.912
Last 5 SV%0.9040.895
SV% vs Opponent0.9290.929
GAA2.392.47
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 83% • WSH at home vs MIN: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-16MIN 5 - 0 WSHMINMIN
2025-10-17WSH 5 - 1 MINWSHWSH
2025-03-27MIN 4 - 2 WSHMINMIN
2025-01-02WSH 3 - 4 MINMINWSH
2024-01-23MIN 5 - 3 WSHMINMIN

⚡ 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
110:19WSHGoal
111:24WSHGoal
119:07MINGoal
215:08WSHGoal
305:34WSHGoal
311:19WSHGoal
500:00WSHGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 59.2%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Washington Capitals 3 - 4 Minnesota Wild
Expected: 3.0 - 3.1