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Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins NHL Predictions

2025-12-20 • TD Garden
Boston Bruins 4 - 5 Vancouver Canucks (SO)
🚨 Upset Loss (62% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BOS: 61.7%
VAN: 38.3%
Expected Goals
BOS: 3.25
VAN: 2.97
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 61%
Over 6.5: 46%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BOS
Jeremy Swayman - 22-12-3 | 0.903 SV% | 2.92 GAA
VAN
Kevin Lankinen - 7-19-4 | 0.876 SV% | 3.67 GAA
StatBOSVAN
Season SV%0.9030.885
Last 5 SV%0.8890.793
SV% vs Opponent0.8950.892
GAA2.843.41
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • BOS at home vs VAN: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-03VAN 2 - 3 BOSBOSVAN
2025-12-20BOS 4 - 5 VANVANBOS
2024-12-14VAN 1 - 5 BOSBOSVAN
2024-11-26BOS 0 - 2 VANVANBOS
2024-02-24VAN 3 - 2 BOSVANVAN

⚡ 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
108:23BOSGoal
119:45BOSGoal
204:22VANGoal
209:41BOSGoal
212:05BOSGoal
303:53BOSGoal
307:34VANGoal
316:16BOSGoal
500:00BOSGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 61.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Boston Bruins 4 - 5 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.3 - 3.0