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Ottawa Senators at Nashville Predators NHL Predictions

2025-02-03 • Bridgestone Arena
Nashville Predators 2 - 5 Ottawa Senators
🚨 Upset Loss (55% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NSH: 55.0%
OTT: 45.0%
Expected Goals
NSH: 3.30
OTT: 3.15
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 46%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NSH
Juuse Saros - 15-13-3 | 0.897 SV% | 2.93 GAA
OTT
Anton Forsberg - 11-12-3 | 0.901 SV% | 2.72 GAA
StatNSHOTT
Season SV%0.8970.901
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.932.72
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
NSHJuuse Saros3934587.2%3.932-1.07
OTTAnton Forsberg2725292.6%1.961-0.04
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% • NSH at home vs OTT: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-22NSH 5 - 3 OTTNSHOTT
2025-10-13OTT 1 - 4 NSHNSHOTT
2025-02-03NSH 2 - 5 OTTOTTNSH
2024-12-07OTT 3 - 1 NSHOTTOTT
2024-02-27NSH 4 - 1 OTTNSHNSH

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1NSH1200.50
1OTT1511.21
2NSH1400.94
2OTT2811.95
3NSH1010.52
3OTT900.77
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: 55.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Nashville Predators 2 - 5 Ottawa Senators
Expected: 3.3 - 3.2