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New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Predictions

2025-02-08 • Nationwide Arena
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 New York Rangers
🚨 Upset Loss (51% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
CBJ: 50.9%
NYR: 49.1%
Expected Goals
CBJ: 3.21
NYR: 3.25
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 48%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

CBJ
Jet Greaves - 26-19-9 | 0.908 SV% | 2.60 GAA
NYR
Igor Shesterkin - 25-19-6 | 0.912 SV% | 2.50 GAA
StatCBJNYR
Season SV%0.9090.910
Last 5 SV%0.8880.912
SV% vs Opponent0.9310.880
GAA2.622.51
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 45% • CBJ at home vs NYR: 3-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-19CBJ 6 - 3 NYRCBJCBJ
2026-03-02NYR 4 - 5 CBJCBJCBJ
2025-11-15CBJ 1 - 2 NYRNYRCBJ
2025-03-15CBJ 0 - 4 NYRNYRNYR
2025-03-09NYR 3 - 7 CBJCBJNYR

⚡ 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
101:56NYRGoal
114:31CBJGoal
115:29CBJGoal
206:38CBJGoal
217:17CBJGoal
301:57CBJGoal
318:21NYRGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 50.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 New York Rangers
Expected: 3.2 - 3.3