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2025-26 Season Live

Utah Hockey Club at Ottawa Senators NHL Predictions

2025-01-26 โ€ข Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa Senators 3 - 1 Utah Hockey Club

๐Ÿ“Š Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
OTT: 53.9%
UTA: 46.1%
Expected Goals
OTT: 3.42
UTA: 2.87
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 44%

๐Ÿฅ… Goalie Matchup

OTT
Leevi Merilรคinen - 5-7-0 | 0.872 SV% | 3.46 GAA
UTA
Karel Vejmelka - 17-10-2 | 0.895 SV% | 2.68 GAA
StatOTTUTA
Season SV%0.8720.895
Last 5 SV%โ€”โ€”
SV% vs Opponentโ€”โ€”
GAA3.462.68
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 Merilรคinen3534197.1%2.3501.35
UTAKarel Vejmelka2724388.9%3.5930.59
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: 75% โ€ข OTT at home vs UTA: 2-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-07UTA 3 - 1 OTTUTAOTT
2025-11-09OTT 4 - 2 UTAOTTOTT
2025-01-26OTT 3 - 1 UTAOTTOTT
2024-10-22UTA 0 - 4 OTTOTTOTT

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1OTT1100.64
1UTA1600.69
2OTT800.54
2UTA1700.84
3OTT1932.41
3UTA1300.82
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
โœ… Correct
Confidence: 53.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Ottawa Senators 3 - 1 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 3.4 - 2.9