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Perth Thunder @ Adelaide Adrenaline

Sun 23 Aug, 2026 · 4:15 PM ACST · IceArena Adelaide
Elo-modelled average win probability

Perth Thunder

Elo 1549
WOLLL
72.8%
vs

Adelaide Adrenaline

Elo 1342
LLLLW
27.2%

These percentages are a prediction based on each team's Elo rating, a score that goes up after wins and down after losses. You can check how this is calculated below.

How this probability was calculated

Adelaide Adrenaline gets a small bonus for playing at home. A big win raises a team's rating more than a close one does, and overtime or shootout wins count for less, since the game was still tied when regular time ended. Ratings update after every game, so each team's recent form is already built into the number you see here.

Adelaide Adrenaline current Elo rating 1342
Perth Thunder current Elo rating 1549
Home-ice advantage (applied to Adelaide Adrenaline) +35 → 1377
Adjusted rating gap -172 favouring Perth Thunder
Win probability = 1 ÷ (1 + 10−gap÷400)  →  27.2% Adelaide Adrenaline · 72.8% Perth Thunder

What a Win Means

Perth Thunder

A win here would lift Perth Thunder from 4th to 3rd, on 47 points. They'd stay inside the top 6. Right now, Perth Thunder are given a 100% chance of making the finals. That depends on Brave too: even a straight loss leaves them level with Perth Thunder on 47 pts, with points percentage deciding who's actually ahead.

Adelaide Adrenaline

A win here would keep Adelaide Adrenaline at 10th, on 13 points. They'd still be outside the top 6, but closer to it. Right now, Adelaide Adrenaline are given a 0% chance of making the finals. Lightning would still be 9 points clear on 22 pts, so this result alone wouldn't be enough to catch them.

Head-to-head this season

DateAwayScoreHome
Sun 7 Jun, 2026 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–4 /SO Perth Thunder
Sat 6 Jun, 2026 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–4 Perth Thunder

In-Form Players

#Top ForwardsPTSForm (L10)Lg Rank
93 Felix Plouffe 53 #9
71 Peter Hrehorcak 51 #14
11 Yu Hikosaka 41 #21
#Top DefencePTSForm (L10)Lg Rank
22 Henri Auvinen 19 #60
18 Jani Kluuskeri 15 #77
27 James Woodman 10 #103
#GoaliesSV%GP
35 Aleksi Toivonen 0.895 14
31 Charles Smart 0.906 11
#Top ForwardsPTSForm (L10)Lg Rank
81 KOLBY JOHNSON 24 #48
4 Julian Friederich 17 #62
88 Coy Prevost 17 #64
#Top DefencePTSForm (L10)Lg Rank
44 Austin Pickford 14 #83
6 Zachary Boyle 7 #125
55 Darcy Flanagan 6 #130
#GoaliesSV%GP
31 Cale Dolan 0.869 19
1 Jeremy Friederich 0.853 13

How Elo ratings work

Elo is a rating system first made for chess, and it works just as well for ranking hockey teams. Every team starts the season with a rating of 1500. After each game, the winner's rating goes up and the loser's rating goes down. The size of the change depends on how surprising the result was. Beating a much stronger team gains more points than beating a weaker one, and losing to a weaker team costs more points than losing to a stronger one.

Here's how AIHL Forecaster calculates its ratings. The home team gets a +35 point bonus before each game, since playing at home is a real advantage in hockey. A win in regular time earns extra points if the margin was large, up to a cap, so a blowout moves the rating more than a one-goal win. Overtime and shootout results only shift the rating a small amount, since both teams were still tied when regular time ended. Ratings are recalculated after every single game, so a team's Elo rating always reflects its most recent form, not just its overall record.