The 2024-2025 NHL season is here, and EA Sports has conducted its annual NHL 25 Stanley Cup predictions, with big results for the Rangers. The sports game prediction run also predicted some key moments of the season’s top players, including that year’s top scorers and trophy winners.
First, let’s talk about the Stanley Cup predictions themselves. At NHL 25, the New York Rangers won over seven games in the finals against the Edmonton Oilers, which is a pretty big deal considering the Rangers haven’t won a cup game since 1994. Dew. This will also be the second year in a row that the Oilers will miss out on the Cup. Oops.
Other major award winners include:
NHL 25 also predicts that Connor McDavid will be the season’s leading scorer with 147 points, followed by Nathan MacKinnon in a close second with 139 points, followed by Nikita Kucherov with 125 points. Simulations showed Connor Bedard to be a top-10 scorer for the first time in two seasons. Having built a career, the Utah Hockey Club reached the playoffs as an extension team. Maclin Celebrini will lead the San Jose Sharks to moderate success – better than last season, if anything – and Auston Matthews will score 75 goals, ranking him eighth all-time and becoming the first player since Brett Hull to score 70 goals in a season. will be achieved in 1992.
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Other notable predictions include:
EA’s prediction track record varies from year to year, so it’s best to think of these as fun little predictions rather than hard, fact-based predictions.
NHL 25 is available now on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.