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Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars NHL Predictions

2025-01-16 • American Airlines Center
Dallas Stars 1 - 3 Montreal Canadiens
🚨 Upset Loss (60% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
DAL: 60.0%
MTL: 40.0%
Expected Goals
DAL: 3.55
MTL: 2.76
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 46%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

DAL
Jake Oettinger - 23-10-4 | 0.897 SV% | 2.73 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
StatDALMTL
Season SV%0.9070.889
Last 5 SV%0.8600.903
SV% vs Opponent0.8570.615
GAA2.573.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 0% • DAL at home vs MTL: 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 DALDALMTL
2024-02-10MTL 2 - 3 DALDALMTL

⚡ 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
104:37DALGoal
103:50DALGoal
319:43MTLGoal
309:15MTLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 60.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Dallas Stars 1 - 3 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.6 - 2.8