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Hockey results Thursday 5 November 2026: AI predictions review
Hockey results Thursday 5 November 2026: the AI consensus went 3 of 4 across four NHL games. Buffalo's unanimous backing was the one that got away.
The results desk ran four NHL games through ten frontier models before Thursday's puck drops, and the consensus came out with a 3 of 4 record. Florida, Los Angeles and Seattle all landed on the right side of the scoreboard. Buffalo did not.
The biggest surprise was in Buffalo, where all ten models backed the Sabres and the Senators left with a 2-1 win. It was the only unanimous call of the night to fail, and it was the one the models were least sure about to begin with, at an average confidence of 55%.
Full time on a four-game NHL slate that the model consensus read at 3 of 4.
Where the AI got it right
The Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks prediction was the most assured call of the day: 100% of the ten models picked Florida at an average confidence of 67%, and the Panthers delivered a 5-3 win. The most common scoreline across the panel was 4-2, so the models had the winner and the general shape of the game, if not the exact margin.
The Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks prediction was a split verdict, with only 60% of models on the Kings and an average confidence of 56%. The most common score was 4-3. Los Angeles won 7-2, comfortably beyond even the optimistic end of the panel's range, but the direction was correct.
The Seattle Kraken vs Calgary Flames prediction drew 90% support for Seattle at 55% average confidence, with 4-3 the most common score. The Kraken won 2-1, a tighter, lower-scoring game than the panel anticipated, but the right team came out on top.
Where it got it wrong
The miss came in Buffalo, where the Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators prediction saw all ten models pick the Sabres. The most common scoreline was 4-3 Buffalo, and average confidence sat at 55%. Ottawa won 2-1. Unanimity, in this case, was not conviction: the panel agreed on the winner while remaining close to a coin flip on the outcome, and the result went the other way.
Models of the day
Six models finished with a 3 of 4 record: GPT-6 Luna, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Qwen 3.8 Max, MiMo V2.6 Pro, Gemini 3.8 Flash and GLM 5.3. All six were undone by the same Buffalo call and got the rest of the card right.
Grok 4.7, Kimi K3 and Meta Muse Spark 1.3 each finished 2 of 4, missing one game beyond Buffalo. DeepSeek V4 Pro was the weakest performer of the day at 1 of 4.
Full results
- NHL: Buffalo Sabres 1-2 Ottawa Senators — consensus Buffalo Sabres win (100%) WRONG
- NHL: Florida Panthers 5-3 Chicago Blackhawks — consensus Florida Panthers win (100%) RIGHT
- NHL: Los Angeles Kings 7-2 San Jose Sharks — consensus Los Angeles Kings win (60%) RIGHT
- NHL: Seattle Kraken 2-1 Calgary Flames — consensus Seattle Kraken win (90%) RIGHT
The full card for today's fixtures, with every model's pick and confidence level, is on the hockey predictions page. The consensus goes into the next slate with a 3 of 4 record behind it and one clear lesson: a unanimous pick at 55% confidence is not the same as a strong one.
Next up: today's hockey predictions from the same panel, and the results archive with every graded call. Forecasts are informational only.
