Season series: 1-1
Oct 6: NIA 5, OSH 4 (OT)
Oct 26: OSH 4, NIA 3 (SO)
Advantage: Neither
Special Teams:
OSH PP: 18.8% (14th)
NIA PP: 19.5% (12th)
OSH PK: 74.9% (18th)
NIA PK: 80.1% (7th)
Advantage: Niagara
However, since January 1st, the Generals had a PP % of 26.7% (31/116) which would’ve had them ranked 1st in the league if they did that in the 1st half too.
Starting Goalie:
Kyle Keyser (28-13-2), 3.16 GAA, .904 save %
Stephen Dhillon (28-16-10), 3.36 GAA, .898 save %
Advantage: Oshawa
Top Scorers:
NIA:
Sam Miletic: 36 G, 56 A, 92 P
Akil Thomas: 22 G, 59 A, 81 P
Kirill Maksimov: 34 G, 46 A, 80 P
Ben Jones: 30 G, 49 A, 79 P
OSH:
Jack Studnicka: 22 G, 50 A, 72 P
Allan McShane: 20 G, 45 A, 65 P
Domenico Commisso: 23 G, 39 A, 62 P
Kenny Huether: 23 G, 39 A, 54 P
Advantage: Niagara
Although something to keep an eye on is that Miletic+Thomas+Jones have combined to play 26 OHL playoff games and none of them have scored a goal (combined for only 2 points total)
Roster Makeup:
OSH:
97s: 3
98s: 7
99s: 4
00s: 5
01s: 2
NIA:
97s: 3
98s: 4
99s: 10
00s: 2
01s: 2
Advantage: Oshawa, they have the older roster
NHL Drafted/Signed Players:
NIA:
Ben Jones (VGK)
Kirill Maksimov (EDM)
Sam Miletic (PIT)
OSH:
Jack Studnicka (BOS)
Kyle Keyser (BOS)
Matt Brassard (VAN)
Advantage: Wash, 3-3
Projected OSH Lineup:
F:
Krastenbergs-Studnicka-Noel
McShane-Commisso-Huether
McCool-MacLean-Antropov
Harrogate-Henderson-Wong
D:
Ennis-Brassard
Brewer-Blacker
Allen/Di Carlo-Gross
G:
Keyser
Projected NIA Lineup:
F:
Miletic-Thomas-Singer
Corneil-Jones-Maksimov
Philip-Langdon-Johnson
Castleman-Tomasino-Carbonara
D:
Roberts-Hunter
Ham-MacPherson
Schaefer-Constantinou
G:
Dhillon