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Montreal Canadiens at New York Islanders NHL Predictions

2025-03-20 • UBS Arena
New York Islanders 4 - 3 Montreal Canadiens

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYI: 58.4%
MTL: 41.6%
Expected Goals
NYI: 3.46
MTL: 3.06
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 46%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 20-13-2 | 0.916 SV% | 2.44 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
StatNYIMTL
Season SV%0.9100.889
Last 5 SV%0.9300.903
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.553.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 100% • NYI at home vs MTL: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-26MTL
2025-03-20NYI 4 - 3 MTLNYINYI
2024-12-03MTL 2 - 1 NYIMTLMTL
2024-10-19NYI 4 - 3 MTLNYINYI
2024-04-11NYI 3 - 2 MTLNYINYI

⚡ 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
105:37NYIGoal
111:58NYIGoal
216:40NYIGoal
302:31NYIGoal
304:32NYIGoal
314:16NYIGoal
403:37NYIGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 58.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
New York Islanders 4 - 3 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.5 - 3.1