Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights NHL Predictions

2025-04-01 • T-Mobile Arena

Vegas Golden Knights 2 - 3 Edmonton Oilers

🚨 Upset Loss (54% underdog)

Win Probability

VGK: 54.0%

EDM: 46.0%

Expected Goals

VGK: 3.46

EDM: 2.93

Total Goals

Median: 6.2

Over 5.5: 60%

Over 6.5: 48%

VGK

Adin Hill - 1-0-2 | 0.888 SV% | 2.73 GAA

EDM

Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA

Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Team	Goalie	SA	Saves	GA	SV%	xGA	HD Faced	GSAx
VGK	Adin Hill	20	17	3	85.0%	1.81	1	-1.19
EDM	Calvin Pickard	22	20	2	90.9%	1.71	0	-0.29

SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • VGK at home vs EDM: 2-6

Date	Score	Winner	Model Pick
2026-04-04	EDM 1 - 5 VGK	VGK	EDM
2026-03-26	VGK 3 - 4 EDM	EDM	EDM
2026-03-08	VGK 2 - 4 EDM	EDM	VGK
2025-12-21	EDM 4 - 3 VGK	EDM	EDM
2025-05-14	VGK 0 - 1 EDM	EDM	VGK

Period	Team	Shots	High Danger	xG
1	VGK	13	0	0.60
1	EDM	10	1	0.42
2	VGK	8	0	0.46
2	EDM	14	0	1.01
3	VGK	16	0	0.65
3	EDM	12	0	0.39

Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

Prediction Result

❌ Incorrect

Confidence: 54.0%

Total Goals

Actual: 5.0

Expected: 6.4

Score Breakdown

Vegas Golden Knights 2 - 3 Edmonton Oilers

Expected: 3.5 - 2.9