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Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2026-01-08 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 6 - 2 Florida Panthers

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 58.2%
FLA: 41.8%
Expected Goals
MTL: 3.38
FLA: 3.19
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 65%
Over 6.5: 50%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Jakub Dobes - 18-5-4 | 0.892 SV% | 2.96 GAA
FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 21-17-1 | 0.871 SV% | 3.13 GAA
StatMTLFLA
Season SV%0.8890.888
Last 5 SV%0.9030.837
SV% vs Opponent0.737
GAA3.012.80
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 60% • MTL at home vs FLA: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-08MTL 6 - 2 FLAMTLMTL
2025-12-30FLA 2 - 3 MTLMTLFLA
2025-04-01MTL 3 - 2 FLAMTLMTL
2025-03-30FLA 2 - 4 MTLMTLFLA
2025-03-15MTL 3 - 1 FLAMTLMTL

⚡ 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
102:59MTLGoal
117:35MTLGoal
205:33MTLGoal
213:41MTLGoal
307:26MTLGoal
311:23MTLGoal
317:59MTLGoal
319:10MTLGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 58.2%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 6 - 2 Florida Panthers
Expected: 3.4 - 3.2