Sun, Dec 27 · 7:00 PM ET
Ottawa Senators at New York Islanders
Before the game
Away · OTT
- 2025-26 record
- 44–27–11
- rank
- 2of 32
Home · NYI
- 2025-26 record
- 43–34–5
- rank
- 25of 32
Expected goals per game, 2025-26
| Per game | OTT | NYI |
|---|---|---|
| for | 3.46 | 3.17 |
| against | 2.75 | 3.52 |
The model’s expected goals on each club’s open-play attempts, per game over 82 and 82 games. Last season’s, as the records are.
Pre-game win chance
OTT 54%NYI 46%
The model’s projection, not a betting recommendation. Its accuracy is modest (held-out AUC 0.590, on a scale where 0.5 is a coin flip and 1.0 is perfect).
The box score appears here after the game.