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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)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

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%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
Adin Hill - 1-0-2 | 0.888 SV% | 2.73 GAA
EDM
Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA
StatVGKEDM
Season SV%0.8880.874
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.733.69
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
VGKAdin Hill2017385.0%1.811-1.19
EDMCalvin Pickard2220290.9%1.710-0.29
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • VGK at home vs EDM: 2-6
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-04EDM 1 - 5 VGKVGKEDM
2026-03-26VGK 3 - 4 EDMEDMEDM
2026-03-08VGK 2 - 4 EDMEDMVGK
2025-12-21EDM 4 - 3 VGKEDMEDM
2025-05-14VGK 0 - 1 EDMEDMVGK

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1VGK1300.60
1EDM1010.42
2VGK800.46
2EDM1401.01
3VGK1600.65
3EDM1200.39
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: 54.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 2 - 3 Edmonton Oilers
Expected: 3.5 - 2.9