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Anaheim Ducks at Vegas Golden Knights

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
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Ducks
Anaheim
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VGK 56%44% ANA
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Vegas Golden Knights 56% to win. The top 2 signals favoring Golden Knights:

  • Home Field Advantage. Golden Knights are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)
  • Defensive Efficiency. Golden Knights defense (3.1 Opp PPG) better than Ducks (3.5 Opp PPG)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: VGK 52% (−4)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: VGK 54% (−2)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: VGK 56% (0)

Win probability movement

VGK home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement61%56%51%May 9May 12

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueT-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, NV

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Ducks (away)
Golden Knights (home)
44%
Win probability
56%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Golden Knights defeated the Ducks 3-2.

Our model predicted the Golden Knights would win with 56% confidence -- and they delivered. Even with modest confidence, the model got this one right.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Golden Knights and was a contributing factor: Golden Knights are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)
  • Defensive Efficiency favored the Golden Knights and was a contributing factor: Golden Knights defense (3.1 Opp PPG) better than Ducks (3.5 Opp PPG)
  • Recent Form favored the Ducks and was a contributing factor: Ducks (35-24) in better form than Golden Knights (29-20)

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Golden Knights won 3-2

Golden Knights won in a close game

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Golden Knights at 56%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Vegas Golden Knights
  • Defensive EfficiencyFavors Vegas Golden Knights
  • Recent FormFavors Anaheim Ducks
  • Head to HeadNeutral
  • Rest DaysNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

ANA
VGK
Home Field Advantage
Defensive Efficiency
Recent Form
Favours ANA|Favours VGK

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Understanding the win probability calculation

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 5/12/2026, 8:50:01 AM

Key Players

Ducks

Vyacheslav ButeyetsG
Petr MrazekG
Lukas DostalG
Ville HussoG
Damian ClaraG

Golden Knights

Carter HartG
Adin HillG
Carl LindbomG
Tanner LaczynskiC
Tomas HertlC

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Frequently Asked Questions

Golden Knights has a 56% win probability, while Ducks has a 44% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.

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