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Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights NHL Predictions

2025-05-08 • T-Mobile Arena
Vegas Golden Knights 4 - 5 Edmonton Oilers
🚨 Upset Loss (57% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VGK: 57.0%
EDM: 43.0%
Expected Goals
VGK: 3.39
EDM: 3.02
Total Goals
Median: 6.8
Over 5.5: 65%
Over 6.5: 52%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
Akira Schmid - 16-10-6 | 0.893 SV% | 2.59 GAA
EDM
Tristan Jarry - 18-9-3 | 0.882 SV% | 3.32 GAA
StatVGKEDM
Season SV%0.8950.906
Last 5 SV%0.8790.837
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.502.73
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 31% • VGK at home vs EDM: 2-6
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-04EDM 1 - 5 VGKVGKEDM
2026-03-26VGK 3 - 4 EDMEDMVGK
2026-03-08VGK 2 - 4 EDMEDMEDM
2025-12-21EDM 4 - 3 VGKEDMVGK
2025-05-14VGK 0 - 1 EDMEDMVGK

⚡ 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
108:42VGKGoal
211:31VGKGoal
215:18EDMGoal
217:17EDMGoal
218:10EDMGoal
301:52EDMGoal
304:32EDMGoal
311:58VGKGoal
415:20EDMGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 57.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 4 - 5 Edmonton Oilers
Expected: 3.4 - 3.0