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New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Senators logo
Senators
Ottawa
3
vs
Islanders logo
Islanders
New York
2
OTT 56%44% NYI
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Ottawa Senators 56% to win. The top 2 signals favoring Senators:

  • Home Field Advantage. Senators are 0-0 at home this season
  • Offensive Efficiency. Senators offense (3.3 PPG) outpaces Islanders (2.9 PPG)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: OTT 51% (−5)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: OTT 54% (−2)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: OTT 56% (0)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: OTT 56% (0)

Win probability movement

OTT home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement61%56%51%Mar 16Mar 19

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueCanadian Tire Centre
Ottawa, ON

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Islanders (away)
Senators (home)
44%
Win probability
56%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Senators defeated the Islanders 3-2.

Our model predicted the Senators would win with 56% confidence -- and they delivered. Even with modest confidence, the model got this one right.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Senators and was a notable factor: Senators are 0-0 at home this season
  • Offensive Efficiency favored the Senators and was a contributing factor: Senators offense (3.3 PPG) outpaces Islanders (2.9 PPG)
  • Defensive Efficiency favored the Islanders and was a contributing factor: Islanders defense (2.8 Opp PPG) better than Senators (3.2 Opp PPG)

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Senators won 3-2

Senators won in a close game

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Senators at 56%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Ottawa Senators
  • Offensive EfficiencyFavors Ottawa Senators
  • Defensive EfficiencyFavors New York Islanders
  • Recent FormNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

NYI
OTT
Home Field Advantage
Offensive Efficiency
Defensive Efficiency
Recent Form
Favours NYI|Favours OTT

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 3/19/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Islanders

Ilya SorokinG
Vitek VanecekG
Semyon VarlamovG
Bo HorvatC
Kyle MacLeanC

Senators

James ReimerG
Samuel ErssonG
Vadim ZherenkoG
Andrei TrofimovG
Kevin ReidlerG

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Senators has a 56% win probability, while Islanders has a 44% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON.

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