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Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers NHL Predictions

2025-01-23 • Rogers Place
Edmonton Oilers 6 - 2 Vancouver Canucks

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
EDM: 70.6%
VAN: 29.4%
Expected Goals
EDM: 3.81
VAN: 2.78
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

EDM
Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA
VAN
Thatcher Demko - 8-8-0 | 0.905 SV% | 2.72 GAA
StatEDMVAN
Season SV%0.8740.905
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA3.692.72
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
EDMCalvin Pickard2624292.3%1.430-0.57
VANThatcher Demko3428682.4%4.815-1.19
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: 52% • EDM at home vs VAN: 8-5
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-10-01VAN 7 - 9 EDMEDMEDM
2026-09-29EDM 5 - 6 VANVANEDM
2026-04-16EDM 6 - 1 VANEDMEDM
2026-01-17VAN 0 - 6 EDMEDMEDM
2025-10-26VAN 4 - 3 EDMVANEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1EDM2022.35
1VAN1500.47
2EDM1931.60
2VAN700.21
3EDM1000.86
3VAN1900.76
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: 70.6%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Edmonton Oilers 6 - 2 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.8 - 2.8