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Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
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Senators logo
Senators
Ottawa
5
vs
Maple Leafs logo
Maple Leafs
Toronto
2
OTT 58%42% TOR
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Ottawa Senators 58% to win. The biggest signal favoring Senators:

  • Home Field Advantage. Senators are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: OTT 54% (−4)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: OTT 56% (−2)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: OTT 56% (−2)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: OTT 56% (−2)

Win probability movement

OTT home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement63%58%53%Mar 18Mar 21

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

Maple Leafs (away)
Senators (home)
42%
Win probability
58%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Senators defeated the Maple Leafs 5-2.

Our model predicted the Senators would win with 58% 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 contributing factor: Senators are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)
  • Defensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: Similar defensive efficiency (3.2 vs 3.5 Opp PPG)
  • Recent Form was neutral and a contributing factor: Similar form: Senators (30-22) vs Maple Leafs (27-25)

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

Senators won 5-2

Senators won in a close game

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Senators at 58%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Ottawa Senators
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Recent FormNeutral
  • Offensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Rest DaysNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

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

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 3/21/2026, 8:50:02 AM

Key Players

Maple Leafs

Samuel HlavajG
Sergei BobrovskyG
Anthony StolarzG
Bo GroulxC
Auston MatthewsC

Senators

Linus UllmarkG
James ReimerG
Samuel ErssonG
Vadim ZherenkoG
Andrei TrofimovG

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Senators has a 58% win probability, while Maple Leafs has a 42% 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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