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Wes McCauley pushes 8.7% of games to OT/SO

Wes McCauley reaches overtime or shootout 8.7% of the time (39 of 448 games) — 14.3 pts below the 23.0% league rate.

448 games · 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26

OT/SO rate
8.7%
39 OT/SO games
League OT rate
23.0%
Pool baseline
Sample
448
Min 30 games
Methodology
  • Findings ranked by effect size × √sample size with category deduplication.
  • Sample gates: 30+ ref games, 8+ team splits, 30+ ATS decisions where applicable.
  • Synthetic closing lines disclosed on seeded data — not betting advice.
  • Full methodology →