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Montreal Canadiens at Seattle Kraken NHL Predictions

2025-03-12 • Climate Pledge Arena
Seattle Kraken 5 - 4 Montreal Canadiens

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
SEA: 65.2%
MTL: 34.8%
Expected Goals
SEA: 3.13
MTL: 3.20
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 54%
Over 6.5: 41%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

SEA
Joey Daccord - 10-9-5 | 0.903 SV% | 2.77 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 13-5-3 | 0.889 SV% | 3.01 GAA
StatSEAMTL
Season SV%0.9030.889
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.773.01
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
SEAJoey Daccord2521484.0%2.161-1.84
MTLJakub Dobes3530585.7%3.622-1.38
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: 83% • SEA at home vs MTL: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-10-28SEA 3 - 4 MTLMTLMTL
2025-10-14MTL 5 - 4 SEAMTLMTL
2025-03-12SEA 5 - 4 MTLSEASEA
2024-10-29MTL 2 - 8 SEASEASEA
2024-03-24SEA 1 - 5 MTLMTLMTL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1SEA2611.63
1MTL1200.27
2SEA2101.20
2MTL1911.55
3SEA1110.68
3MTL1000.34
4SEA100.11
4MTL000.00
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: 65.2%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Seattle Kraken 5 - 4 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.1 - 3.2