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New York Rangers at Chicago Blackhawks NHL Predictions

2025-01-05 • United Center
Chicago Blackhawks 2 - 6 New York Rangers
🚨 Upset Loss (55% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
CHI: 55.5%
NYR: 44.5%
Expected Goals
CHI: 2.58
NYR: 4.01
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 64%
Over 6.5: 49%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

CHI
Spencer Knight - 16-16-7 | 0.908 SV% | 2.62 GAA
NYR
Igor Shesterkin - 17-12-4 | 0.913 SV% | 2.45 GAA
StatCHINYR
Season SV%0.9090.910
Last 5 SV%0.8640.942
SV% vs Opponent1.0000.880
GAA2.632.51
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 60% • CHI at home vs NYR: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-10CHI 3 - 0 NYRCHICHI
2025-01-05CHI 2 - 6 NYRNYRCHI
2024-12-09NYR 1 - 2 CHICHINYR
2024-02-09CHI 3 - 4 NYRNYRNYR
2024-01-04NYR 4 - 1 CHINYRNYR

⚡ 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
105:37CHIGoal
115:12CHIGoal
118:22NYRGoal
203:28NYRGoal
209:54NYRGoal
215:16NYRGoal
218:00NYRGoal
308:36NYRGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 55.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Chicago Blackhawks 2 - 6 New York Rangers
Expected: 2.6 - 4.0