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POSTGAME · 2026-06-11 · PLAYOFFS

VGK 2 — CAR 4

CAR over VGK, per NHL API game status.

CAR over VGK, per NHL API game status.

Limitations

Playoff coverage is limited to the public data currently available on disk; playoff Evolving Hockey validation data is not included.

Source Manifest

data pull2026-06-12

season2025-26

NHL API

metricnhl_scoreboard_goals

metricnhl_schedule_status

metricnhl_api_shots_on_goal

our model outputsno

proxy metricsnone

vally-adjacentno

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