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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Predictions

2025-02-22 • PPG Paints Arena
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 8 Washington Capitals
🚨 Upset Loss (59% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
PIT: 59.2%
WSH: 40.8%
Expected Goals
PIT: 3.11
WSH: 3.65
Total Goals
Median: 6.7
Over 5.5: 67%
Over 6.5: 51%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

PIT
Stuart Skinner - 19-12-5 | 0.890 SV% | 2.79 GAA
WSH
Logan Thompson - 20-16-4 | 0.913 SV% | 2.41 GAA
StatPITWSH
Season SV%0.8880.913
Last 5 SV%0.8630.904
SV% vs Opponent0.750
GAA2.912.39
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • PIT at home vs WSH: 2-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-06PIT 5 - 3 WSHPITPIT
2025-04-17PIT 5 - 2 WSHPITPIT
2025-02-22PIT 3 - 8 WSHWSHPIT
2025-01-18WSH 4 - 1 PITWSHWSH
2024-11-08WSH 2 - 4 PITPITWSH

⚡ 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
105:13WSHGoal
118:21PITGoal
201:10WSHGoal
206:36PITGoal
210:38WSHGoal
214:17WSHGoal
214:25WSHGoal
218:05WSHGoal
313:11WSHGoal
314:22WSHGoal
317:19WSHGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 59.2%
Total Goals
Actual: 11.0
Expected: 6.8
Score Breakdown
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 8 Washington Capitals
Expected: 3.1 - 3.7