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Dallas Stars at New York Islanders NHL Predictions

2025-02-23 • UBS Arena
New York Islanders 3 - 4 Dallas Stars
🚨 Upset Loss (56% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYI: 55.9%
DAL: 44.1%
Expected Goals
NYI: 3.20
DAL: 3.02
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 49%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 12-10-2 | 0.910 SV% | 2.55 GAA
DAL
Jake Oettinger - 16-7-3 | 0.907 SV% | 2.57 GAA
StatNYIDAL
Season SV%0.9100.907
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.552.57
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
NYIIlya Sorokin2925486.2%4.9540.95
DALJake Oettinger3734391.9%3.1320.13
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: 60% • NYI at home vs DAL: 3-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-26NYI 2 - 1 DALNYIDAL
2025-11-18DAL 2 - 3 NYINYINYI
2025-02-23NYI 3 - 4 DALDALNYI
2024-10-12DAL 3 - 0 NYIDALDAL
2024-02-26DAL 2 - 3 NYINYIDAL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1NYI1100.33
1DAL1912.09
2NYI2501.18
2DAL1911.55
3NYI1921.62
3DAL1421.32
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
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 55.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
New York Islanders 3 - 4 Dallas Stars
Expected: 3.2 - 3.0