
The Senators are attempting desperately to salvage a once-promising season.
Ottawa has gained three video games on the spin and is favored at -210 to make it 4 in a row in opposition to the lowly Canadiens on Tuesday night time in Montreal. A win for Ottawa would put it simply six factors again of the Penguins for the ultimate playoff spot within the Japanese Convention. The Sens would nonetheless be a protracted shot to get in, however not less than there could be some hope heading into the All-Star break.
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Maybe essentially the most irritating a part of this season for Ottawa is that it isn’t enjoying all that poorly. The Sens have the seventh-best shot try charge and Thirteenth-best anticipated purpose differential at five-on-five this season, however their precise five-on-five purpose distinction ranks twenty ninth total.

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In different phrases, the Senators are a serious constructive regression candidate for the remainder of the season.
The Canadiens, in the meantime, are simply plain unhealthy. A younger, rebuilding crew, the Habs have struggled defensively all season and it’s solely going to worsen because the crew offers with a litany of harm points. Montreal will likely be with out eight regulars in opposition to Ottawa.
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Montreal’s protection ranks thirty first in stopping high-danger scoring probabilities, so the Senators ought to have loads of scoring probabilities to get the separation wanted to cowl this puckline on Tuesday night time.
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THE PLAY: Senators -1.5 objectives (+140, BetMGM).