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Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators NHL Predictions

2025-01-18 • Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa Senators 6 - 5 Boston Bruins

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
OTT: 54.4%
BOS: 45.6%
Expected Goals
OTT: 4.15
BOS: 3.35
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 53%
Over 6.5: 41%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

OTT
Leevi Meriläinen - 5-7-0 | 0.872 SV% | 3.46 GAA
BOS
Jeremy Swayman - 15-10-2 | 0.903 SV% | 2.84 GAA
StatOTTBOS
Season SV%0.8720.903
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA3.462.84
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
OTTLeevi Meriläinen3126583.9%2.992-2.01
BOSJeremy Swayman4741687.2%5.503-0.50
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: 60% • OTT at home vs BOS: 6-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-10-05BOS 1 - 4 OTTOTTBOS
2025-12-21BOS 2 - 6 OTTOTTOTT
2025-11-13OTT 5 - 3 BOSOTTOTT
2025-11-06BOS 3 - 2 OTTBOSOTT
2025-10-27OTT 7 - 2 BOSOTTOTT

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1OTT2822.26
1BOS1000.74
2OTT1300.36
2BOS1310.80
3OTT2301.63
3BOS1010.97
4OTT300.26
4BOS200.25
5OTT310.99
5BOS300.23
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
✅ Correct
Confidence: 54.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 11.0
Expected: 7.5
Score Breakdown
Ottawa Senators 6 - 5 Boston Bruins
Expected: 4.1 - 3.4