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Vancouver Canucks at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2025-01-06 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 5 - 4 Vancouver Canucks

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 51.4%
VAN: 48.6%
Expected Goals
MTL: 3.30
VAN: 2.83
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 29-10-4 | 0.901 SV% | 2.78 GAA
VAN
Kevin Lankinen - 11-26-5 | 0.877 SV% | 3.65 GAA
StatMTLVAN
Season SV%0.8890.885
Last 5 SV%0.8910.872
SV% vs Opponent0.8890.833
GAA3.013.41
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 83% • MTL at home vs VAN: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-12MTL 6 - 3 VANMTLMTL
2025-10-25VAN 3 - 4 MTLMTLMTL
2025-03-11VAN 2 - 4 MTLMTLVAN
2025-01-06MTL 5 - 4 VANMTLMTL
2024-03-21VAN 4 - 1 MTLVANVAN

⚡ 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
101:07MTLGoal
110:47MTLGoal
203:21VANGoal
203:41VANGoal
210:35VANGoal
302:01MTLGoal
306:54MTLGoal
308:51MTLGoal
400:48MTLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 51.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 5 - 4 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.3 - 2.8