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New York Islanders at Vegas Golden Knights NHL Predictions

2025-01-09 • T-Mobile Arena
Vegas Golden Knights 0 - 4 New York Islanders
🚨 Upset Loss (59% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VGK: 58.6%
NYI: 41.4%
Expected Goals
VGK: 2.21
NYI: 3.24
Total Goals
Median: 5.0
Over 5.5: 45%
Over 6.5: 31%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
Akira Schmid - 16-6-6 | 0.895 SV% | 2.53 GAA
NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 20-13-2 | 0.916 SV% | 2.44 GAA
StatVGKNYI
Season SV%0.8950.910
Last 5 SV%0.8910.930
SV% vs Opponent0.8330.894
GAA2.502.55
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • VGK at home vs NYI: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-09NYI 5 - 4 VGKNYINYI
2025-11-13VGK 3 - 4 NYINYIVGK
2025-02-04NYI 2 - 1 VGKNYINYI
2025-01-09VGK 0 - 4 NYINYIVGK
2024-01-23NYI 2 - 3 VGKVGKNYI

⚡ 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
117:04NYIGoal
210:41NYIGoal
205:30NYIGoal
317:26NYIGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 58.6%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 5.4
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 0 - 4 New York Islanders
Expected: 2.2 - 3.2