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POSTGAME · 2026-06-02 · PLAYOFFS

VGK 5 — CAR 4

VGK over CAR, per NHL API game status.

VGK over CAR, per NHL API game status.

Limitations:

playoff_subset_caveat

Source Manifest

data pull2026-06-03

season2025-26

NHL API

metricnhl_scoreboard_goals

metricnhl_schedule_status

metricnhl_api_shots_on_goal

limitationplayoff_subset_caveat

our model outputsno

proxy metricsnone

vally-adjacentno

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