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Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers NHL Predictions

2025-05-10 • Rogers Place
Edmonton Oilers 3 - 4 Vegas Golden Knights
🚨 Upset Loss (56% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
EDM: 55.8%
VGK: 44.2%
Expected Goals
EDM: 3.36
VGK: 2.89
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

EDM
Stuart Skinner - 26-18-4 | 0.896 SV% | 2.81 GAA
VGK
Adin Hill - 1-0-2 | 0.888 SV% | 2.73 GAA
StatEDMVGK
Season SV%0.8960.888
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.812.73
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
EDMStuart Skinner2420483.3%3.224-0.78
VGKAdin Hill2017385.0%2.854-0.15
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: 43% • EDM at home vs VGK: 8-7
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-04EDM 1 - 5 VGKVGKVGK
2026-03-26VGK 3 - 4 EDMEDMVGK
2026-03-08VGK 2 - 4 EDMEDMVGK
2025-12-21EDM 4 - 3 VGKEDMVGK
2025-05-14VGK 0 - 1 EDMEDMEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1EDM1431.60
1VGK1331.80
2EDM1400.54
2VGK1000.64
3EDM1110.71
3VGK1010.79
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: 55.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Edmonton Oilers 3 - 4 Vegas Golden Knights
Expected: 3.4 - 2.9