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NHL Tue, Oct 27 Final

Islanders @ Predators

Simulated 100,000 times

TeamTypicalReal · SO
NYI Islanders 3 4
NSH Predators 4 3

✗ A miss. The Predators won 53% of the runs, but the Islanders won the real game, NYI by 1. NYI won by that much or more in 47% of runs.

Every run’s final margin

Typical · NSH by 1
Real · NYI by 1
← NYI by 6+ 0 NSH by 6+ →
Final margin in each of 100,000 runs. Taller bar, more runs ended that way.

Player by player

The share of all 100,000 runs in which each player scored a goal, and had at least a point. G and A: what they really did.

Islanders
Player GoalPointGA
Bo Horvat 35%67%10
Matthew Schaefer 35%69%01
Brayden Schenn 24%55%10
Kyle Palmieri 23%32%00
Simon Holmstrom 22%31%01
Victor Eklund 19%29%00
Emil Heineman 17%41%00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau 14%46%01
Tony DeAngelo 13%32%01
Adam Pelech 11%31%00
Logan Stanley 7%48%00
Ryan Pulock 6%19%00
Predators
Player GoalPointGA
Ryan O'Reilly 31%60%10
Steven Stamkos 31%63%01
Filip Forsberg 26%66%11
Roman Josi 24%71%00
Jonathan Marchessault 21%36%01
Jack Drury 16%25%00
Brady Skjei 12%36%00
Mavrik Bourque 12%28%00
Adam Wilsby 12%46%00
Alexander Kerfoot 11%35%10
Nicolas Hague 9%20%00
Nick Perbix 6%8%00

The typical game

Not an average: one real run out of the 100,000, the one closest to the middle of all of them. NYI 3, NSH 4.

Skaters

Islanders
Player GAShots
Simon Holmstrom 205
Brayden Schenn 024
Tony DeAngelo 101
Matthew Schaefer 016
Adam Pelech 012
Logan Stanley 011
Emil Heineman 011
Kyle Palmieri 005
Bo Horvat 004
Anthony Duclair 004
Predators
Player GAShots
Steven Stamkos 116
Ryan O'Reilly 114
Roman Josi 024
Filip Forsberg 021
Jonathan Marchessault 103
Alexander Kerfoot 102
Brady Skjei 011
Nicolas Hague 010

Goalies

Islanders
Player Shots againstSaves
Ilya Sorokin 3228
Predators
Player Shots againstSaves
Juuse Saros 3532

What went in

  • Shots each team takes vs. what tonight's opponent allows; finishing vs. tonight's goalies (Ilya Sorokin / Juuse Saros, projected); power plays at real rates. ESPN, 2026-27.
  • Tested on last season (Feb–Apr 2026, 449 games it never saw): 58% of winners.
  • 100,000 runs, seed 2101. Simulated, not a prediction.

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