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Detroit Red Wings vs Ottawa Senators Prediction

Our pick: Ottawa Senators to win at 1.90, locked when this prediction was published. The market priced both teams level, so the call went to the team with the better recent results; the analysis below is written from match data.

Detroit Red Wings

vs

Little Caesars Arena (Detroit)

Ottawa Senators

Result

Lost

Detroit Red Wings 5 · Ottawa Senators 3

Detroit Red Wings won

How our call settled

Our pick, Ottawa Senators to win at locked odds 1.90, lost. It was published with 53% confidence, leaving a 47% chance for Detroit Red Wings to win, the outcome that came in.

Before the start the best price on Ottawa Senators to win had drifted from 1.90 to 2.005, so the market moved away from this pick after it was published.

Analysis

Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators are priced identically for their NHL game on 6 October 2026, at 1.90 each. The market therefore rates the teams level, with an implied chance of 50.0% apiece, and neither side is the favourite.

We have no head-to-head record. As for recent results, Ottawa Senators won their only listed game, against Toronto Maple Leafs on 3 October 2026, while Detroit Red Wings lost theirs, to New York Rangers on 2 October 2026.

With the market level, the call goes to the team with the better recent results: Ottawa Senators to win, at 53% confidence. Those results raised the 50.0% market chance by 3.0 points, the largest adjustment the method allows, yet they rest on a very small sample. Unknown line-ups and goaltenders add further doubt.

Match winner odds

Overtime and shootout included

Updated

1 · Detroit Red Wings 1.025
2 · Ottawa Senators 1.90 Our pick

Best price for each outcome before the start; our pick shows its locked odds.

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