UPDATED Jun. 26, 2022, at 10:51 PM

2021-22 NHL Predictions

Updated after every game.

Completed games

Sunday, June 26Stanley Cup Finals
Game 6finalwin prob.score
Avalanche4-246%2
Lightning54%1

quality
The harmonic mean of the teams’ Elo ratings
importance
How much the result altered league projections
overall
The average of quality and importance
100100100
Friday, June 24Stanley Cup Finals
Game 5finalwin prob.score
Lightning36%3
Avalanche3-264%2

quality
The harmonic mean of the teams’ Elo ratings
importance
How much the result altered league projections
overall
The average of quality and importance
100100100
Wednesday, June 22Stanley Cup Finals
Game 4final/OTwin prob.score
Avalanche3-146%3
Lightning54%2

quality
The harmonic mean of the teams’ Elo ratings
importance
How much the result altered league projections
overall
The average of quality and importance
100100100
Monday, June 20Stanley Cup Finals
Game 3finalwin prob.score
Avalanche2-148%2
Lightning52%6

quality
The harmonic mean of the teams’ Elo ratings
importance
How much the result altered league projections
overall
The average of quality and importance
100100100
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How this works These forecasts are based on 50,000 simulations of the rest of the season. Elo ratings are a measure of team strength based on head-to-head results, margin of victory and quality of opponent. Read more »

Design and development by Ryan Best and Elena Mejía. Edited by Maya Sweedler, Julia Wolfe and Sara Ziegler. Statistical model by Ryan Best and Neil Paine. Additional contributions by Jay Boice.