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Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars NHL Predictions

2026-01-04 • American Airlines Center
Dallas Stars 3 - 4 Montreal Canadiens (OT)
🚨 Upset Loss (64% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
DAL: 64.4%
MTL: 35.6%
Expected Goals
DAL: 3.48
MTL: 2.73
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 50%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

DAL
Jake Oettinger - 35-12-6 | 0.899 SV% | 2.59 GAA
MTL
Jakub Dobes - 29-10-4 | 0.901 SV% | 2.78 GAA
StatDALMTL
Season SV%0.9070.889
Last 5 SV%0.9160.891
SV% vs Opponent0.8570.615
GAA2.573.01
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • DAL at home vs MTL: 0-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-04DAL 3 - 4 MTLMTLDAL
2025-11-13MTL 0 - 7 DALDALMTL
2025-01-16DAL 1 - 3 MTLMTLDAL
2025-01-11MTL 1 - 2 DALDALDAL
2024-02-10MTL 2 - 3 DALDALDAL

⚡ 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
108:42MTLGoal
113:53DALGoal
210:14DALGoal
211:59DALGoal
218:39MTLGoal
311:07DALGoal
403:40MTLGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Montreal Canadiens at Dallas Stars

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 64.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Dallas Stars 3 - 4 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.5 - 2.7