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Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2025-04-27 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 5 Washington Capitals

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 45.5%
WSH: 54.5%
Expected Goals
MTL: 3.03
WSH: 3.22
Total Goals
Median: 6.3
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 29-10-4 | 0.901 SV% | 2.78 GAA
WSH
Logan Thompson - 31-21-6 | 0.912 SV% | 2.44 GAA
StatMTLWSH
Season SV%0.8890.913
Last 5 SV%0.8910.912
SV% vs Opponent0.8890.920
GAA3.012.39
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 86% • MTL at home vs WSH: 3-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-28MTL 6 - 2 WSHMTLMTL
2026-01-13WSH 3 - 2 MTLWSHWSH
2025-11-20MTL 4 - 8 WSHWSHMTL
2025-04-30WSH 4 - 1 MTLWSHWSH
2025-04-27MTL 2 - 5 WSHWSHWSH

⚡ 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
201:25WSHGoal
210:33MTLGoal
218:32MTLGoal
306:39MTLGoal
316:23WSHGoal
317:21WSHGoal
319:05WSHGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 54.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 5 Washington Capitals
Expected: 3.0 - 3.2