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Ottawa Senators at Detroit Red Wings NHL Predictions

2025-01-07 • Little Caesars Arena
Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 Ottawa Senators
🚨 Upset Win (58% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
DET: 42.1%
OTT: 57.9%
Expected Goals
DET: 3.16
OTT: 3.19
Total Goals
Median: 5.7
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

DET
Alex Lyon - 14-9-1 | 0.896 SV% | 2.81 GAA
OTT
Anton Forsberg - 11-12-3 | 0.901 SV% | 2.72 GAA
StatDETOTT
Season SV%0.8960.901
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.812.72
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
DETAlex Lyon3331293.9%2.4510.45
OTTAnton Forsberg3330390.9%2.902-0.10
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • DET at home vs OTT: 2-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-24DET 2 - 3 OTTOTTOTT
2026-02-26OTT 1 - 2 DETDETOTT
2026-01-18DET 4 - 3 OTTDETOTT
2026-01-05OTT 3 - 5 DETDETOTT
2025-03-27DET 3 - 4 OTTOTTDET

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1DET2111.30
1OTT1300.61
2DET1200.23
2OTT1911.02
3DET1310.99
3OTT1200.72
4DET300.37
4OTT100.10
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 57.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 Ottawa Senators
Expected: 3.2 - 3.2