Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens Prediction, NHL Odds
Josh Norris’s game-winning goal against the Flyers Friday night snapped a three-game skid for his Ottawa Senators.
Now, not even a day later the Sens land in Montreal to face their Atlantic Division rivals, the Montreal Canadiens.
The Canadiens are looking to shake off their current 1-2-2 record over their past five games. They are the -142 favourites to win tonight on the NHL odds with a total of 6.
Senators vs. Canadiens NHL Betting Odds
Saturday night will be the second of four meetings between the Habs and Sens this season. Arturi Lehkonen scored both the Canadiens goals in a 2-1 win in the series opener back on Feb. 24th.
Last year’s North Division gave them a 10-game season series, Ottawa took six wins and they played the Over seven times. These squads will face off again on April 5th.
Ottawa covered the spread last night for the first time in four matchups, putting them up 31-30 against the spread. Their last ten games have evenly split the Over/Under 5-5.
Seven of Montreal’s past eight games have hit the Over adding to their lopsided 35-24 record on the Over/Under. They are still trying to even their 29-32 record ATS, covering in six of their past 10.
Ottawa Senators
The Senators pulled off a much-needed win last night in a full team effort, beating the Flyers 3-1, to snap a three-game skid. Anton Forsberg stopped 28 of the 29 shots thrown his way, boosting his record to 14-12-2. Josh Norris’ team-leading 25th goal of the year stood as the game-winner assisted by Alex Formenton, who would seal it with the empty netter.
Ottawa was without their top defenceman; Thomas Chabot after he broke his hand on Wednesday. Artem Zub has stepped up in his place logging almost 25 minutes last night.
The Senators are in New York for their next game Tuesday night versus the Islanders.
Montreal Canadiens
Jake Allen’s return to the crease was spoiled Thursday night, as the Canadiens fell short in overtime 4-3 to the Dallas Stars. Allen stopped 31 of 35 shots in his first taste of game action since January 12.
Another goal for Cole; Canadiens rookie Cole Caufield stayed red hot scoring his 12th goal on the powerplay to open the scoring for Montreal. The 20-year-old followed that with a beautiful assist, for his 29th point in 45 games.
Montreal is halfway through a six-game homestand and their next opponent will be the Boston Bruins, Monday night.
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