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Montreal Canadiens at Florida Panthers NHL Predictions

2025-03-30 • Amerant Bank Arena
Florida Panthers 2 - 4 Montreal Canadiens
🚨 Upset Loss (65% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
FLA: 64.9%
MTL: 35.1%
Expected Goals
FLA: 3.41
MTL: 2.26
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 64%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 17-9-1 | 0.888 SV% | 2.80 GAA
MTL
Samuel Montembeault - 6-6-1 | 0.863 SV% | 3.52 GAA
StatFLAMTL
Season SV%0.8880.863
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.803.52
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
FLASergei Bobrovsky2319482.6%3.242-0.76
MTLSamuel Montembeault2624292.3%2.8310.83
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: 68% • FLA at home vs MTL: 6-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-07MTL 4 - 3 FLAMTLFLA
2026-01-08MTL 6 - 2 FLAMTLFLA
2025-12-30FLA 2 - 3 MTLMTLMTL
2025-04-01MTL 3 - 2 FLAMTLFLA
2025-03-30FLA 2 - 4 MTLMTLFLA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1FLA1601.08
1MTL1511.41
2FLA2100.99
2MTL600.29
3FLA1010.76
3MTL1411.54
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: 64.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 5.7
Score Breakdown
Florida Panthers 2 - 4 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.4 - 2.3