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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 (58% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
VGK: 58.0%
EDM: 42.0%
Expected Goals
VGK: 3.09
EDM: 3.05
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 44%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

VGK
Akira Schmid - 16-6-6 | 0.895 SV% | 2.53 GAA
EDM
Tristan Jarry - 15-7-2 | 0.890 SV% | 3.18 GAA
StatVGKEDM
Season SV%0.8950.906
Last 5 SV%0.8910.841
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: 54% • VGK at home vs EDM: 2-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-21EDM 4 - 3 VGKEDMEDM
2025-05-14VGK 0 - 1 EDMEDMVGK
2025-05-12EDM 3 - 0 VGKEDMEDM
2025-05-10EDM 3 - 4 VGKVGKEDM
2025-05-08VGK 4 - 5 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
218:10EDMGoal
217:17EDMGoal
215:18EDMGoal
211:31VGKGoal
311:58VGKGoal
304:32EDMGoal
301:52EDMGoal
415:20EDMGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 58.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Vegas Golden Knights 4 - 5 Edmonton Oilers
Expected: 3.1 - 3.1