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2026-27 Season Live

Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights NHL Predictions

2025-02-22 • T-Mobile Arena
Vegas Golden Knights 3 - 1 Vancouver Canucks

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VGK: 67.5%
VAN: 32.5%
Expected Goals
VGK: 3.70
VAN: 2.99
Total Goals
Median: 6.5
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 48%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
Adin Hill - 1-0-2 | 0.888 SV% | 2.73 GAA
VAN
Kevin Lankinen - 6-10-3 | 0.885 SV% | 3.41 GAA
StatVGKVAN
Season SV%0.8880.885
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.733.41
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
VGKAdin Hill3433197.1%2.7101.71
VANKevin Lankinen3532391.4%4.5631.56
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: 63% • VGK at home vs VAN: 6-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-10-04VAN 2 - 3 VGKVGKVGK
2026-04-07VAN 1 - 2 VGKVGKVGK
2026-03-30VGK 4 - 2 VANVGKVGK
2026-02-04VGK 5 - 2 VANVGKVGK
2025-04-16VAN 1 - 4 VGKVGKVGK

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1VGK1701.43
1VAN700.51
2VGK2011.27
2VAN1400.70
3VGK1721.86
3VAN2801.50
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: 67.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.7
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 3 - 1 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.7 - 3.0