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Dallas Stars at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2025-01-11 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 1 - 2 Dallas Stars

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 31.3%
DAL: 68.7%
Expected Goals
MTL: 2.40
DAL: 3.37
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 65%
Over 6.5: 48%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Samuel Montembeault - 6-6-1 | 0.863 SV% | 3.52 GAA
DAL
Jake Oettinger - 16-7-3 | 0.907 SV% | 2.57 GAA
StatMTLDAL
Season SV%0.8630.907
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.522.57
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
MTLSamuel Montembeault3735294.6%4.5252.52
DALJake Oettinger3433197.1%2.7311.73
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • MTL at home vs DAL: 0-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-04DAL 3 - 4 MTLMTLDAL
2025-11-13MTL 0 - 7 DALDALMTL
2025-01-16DAL 1 - 3 MTLMTLDAL
2025-01-11MTL 1 - 2 DALDALDAL
2024-02-10MTL 2 - 3 DALDALDAL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1MTL1000.44
1DAL1821.24
2MTL1811.27
2DAL1020.90
3MTL1200.51
3DAL900.64
4MTL200.26
4DAL500.71
5MTL300.24
5DAL211.03
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 68.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 5.8
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 1 - 2 Dallas Stars
Expected: 2.4 - 3.4