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Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators NHL Predictions

2025-04-11 • Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa Senators 5 - 2 Montreal Canadiens

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
OTT: 58.7%
MTL: 41.3%
Expected Goals
OTT: 3.86
MTL: 2.60
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

OTT
Linus Ullmark - 14-8-5 | 0.881 SV% | 2.95 GAA
MTL
Samuel Montembeault - 6-6-1 | 0.863 SV% | 3.52 GAA
StatOTTMTL
Season SV%0.8810.863
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.953.52
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
OTTLinus Ullmark2220290.9%2.1300.13
MTLSamuel Montembeault3429585.3%4.213-0.79
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: 55% • OTT at home vs MTL: 3-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-11OTT 2 - 3 MTLMTLOTT
2026-01-17OTT 5 - 6 MTLMTLOTT
2025-12-02MTL 2 - 5 OTTOTTOTT
2025-11-01MTL 4 - 3 OTTMTLOTT
2025-04-11OTT 5 - 2 MTLOTTOTT

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1OTT2321.65
1MTL700.50
2OTT1901.36
2MTL1601.24
3OTT1011.20
3MTL900.39
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: 58.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Ottawa Senators 5 - 2 Montreal Canadiens
Expected: 3.9 - 2.6