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New York Islanders at Montreal Canadiens

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Canadiens logo
Canadiens
Montreal
7
vs
Islanders logo
Islanders
New York
3
MTL 56%44% NYI
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Montreal Canadiens 56% to win. The top 2 signals favoring Canadiens:

  • Home Field Advantage. Canadiens are 0-0 at home this season
  • Offensive Efficiency. Canadiens offense (3.5 PPG) outpaces Islanders (2.9 PPG)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: MTL 52% (−4)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: MTL 54% (−2)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: MTL 58% (+2)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: MTL 56% (0)

Win probability movement

MTL home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement61%56%51%Mar 18Mar 21

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

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VenueBell Centre
Montreal, QC

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Islanders (away)
Canadiens (home)
44%
Win probability
56%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Canadiens defeated the Islanders 7-3.

Our model predicted the Canadiens 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 Canadiens and was a notable factor: Canadiens are 0-0 at home this season
  • Offensive Efficiency favored the Canadiens and was a contributing factor: Canadiens offense (3.5 PPG) outpaces Islanders (2.9 PPG)
  • Defensive Efficiency favored the Islanders and was a contributing factor: Islanders defense (2.8 Opp PPG) better than Canadiens (3.3 Opp PPG)

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

Canadiens won 7-3

Canadiens won by a solid margin

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Canadiens at 56%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Montreal Canadiens
  • Offensive EfficiencyFavors Montreal Canadiens
  • Defensive EfficiencyFavors New York Islanders
  • Recent FormNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

NYI
MTL
Home Field Advantage
Offensive Efficiency
Defensive Efficiency
Recent Form
Favours NYI|Favours MTL

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 3/21/2026, 8:50:01 AM

Key Players

Islanders

Vitek VanecekG
Semyon VarlamovG
Ilya SorokinG
Liam FoudyC
Calum RitchieC

Canadiens

Jakub DobesG
Sam MontembeaultG
Kaapo KahkonenG
Jacob FowlerG
Jake EvansC

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Canadiens has a 56% win probability, while Islanders 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 Bell Centre in Montreal, QC.

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