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Vancouver Canucks at New York Islanders NHL Predictions

2025-03-26 • UBS Arena
New York Islanders 2 - 5 Vancouver Canucks
🚨 Upset Loss (59% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYI: 58.9%
VAN: 41.1%
Expected Goals
NYI: 3.27
VAN: 3.01
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 44%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 20-13-2 | 0.916 SV% | 2.44 GAA
VAN
Kevin Lankinen - 7-19-4 | 0.876 SV% | 3.67 GAA
StatNYIVAN
Season SV%0.9100.885
Last 5 SV%0.9300.793
SV% vs Opponent0.9030.879
GAA2.553.41
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 17% • NYI at home vs VAN: 0-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-19VAN 3 - 4 NYINYIVAN
2025-12-19NYI 1 - 4 VANVANNYI
2025-03-26NYI 2 - 5 VANVANNYI
2024-11-14VAN 2 - 5 NYINYIVAN
2024-01-09NYI 2 - 5 VANVANNYI

⚡ 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
202:39VANGoal
205:35NYIGoal
209:00NYIGoal
213:59NYIGoal
219:37VANGoal
301:05VANGoal
318:08VANGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 58.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
New York Islanders 2 - 5 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.3 - 3.0