Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa Senators Prediction, Preview, and Odds
A pair of Eastern Conference teams looking to gain some ground in their respective divisions take the ice north of the border. The Carolina Hurricanes are on the road as they travel to take on the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night. Carolina was upended 4-3 on the road by Vancouver in their previous contest Saturday night. Ottawa dropped Detroit 5-1 on the road Saturday night in their most recent contest. In the last 10 meetings between the teams, the Hurricanes own a 6-4 advantage. That includes a 5-3 victory at home in the first meeting this season between the squads back on October 11.
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Carolina Hurricanes Hope to Get Back in Win Column
Carolina suffered their fourth straight loss as they were unable to take down the Canucks on the road Saturday night in their previous contest. The Hurricanes fell to 14-12-1 on the season and stood tied for fifth, 10 points behind the Rangers for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division standings. Carolina stands 16 in goals per game as they put up 3.22 goals per contest on the year. The Hurricanes are tied for 22 in goals against by allowing an average of 3.33 goals per night. Carolina stands tied for 15 in power play success as they cash in on 20.7% of their chances with the man advantage on the year. The Hurricanes are 19 in the league in penalty killing as they have successfully navigated 79.1% of their shorthanded situations on the year.
Against Vancouver, Carolina battled but ended up falling short as they gave up a goal in the third period that decided the contest. The Hurricanes were outshot 13-7 in the opening period of play and trailed 1-0 at the first intermission on the scoreboard. In the second period, Carolina was outshot 8-7 with each team scoring twice, leaving the Hurricanes down 3-2 after 40 minutes of play. After giving up a goal to trail 2-0, Jordan Martinook scored his first goal of the season at 7:23 off assists from Jesper Fast and Jaccob Slavin. Carolina gave up a goal to trail 3-1 before Brady Skjei narrowed the margin again with his fifth goal of the season, on the power play, at 19:04 off assists from Dmitry Orlov and Michael Bunting. In the third period, Carolina owned a 10-3 shot advantage with both teams scoring once, leaving them on the wrong end of the scoreboard. Stefan Noesen tied the game at three with his eighth goal of the season at 2:10 off assists from Jack Drury and Brent Burns. They gave up the eventual winning goal less than 90 seconds later and couldn’t get the equalizer. Antti Raanta made 20 saves for the Hurricanes, in a game where each team had 24 shots on goal, in the loss. Raanta is expected to get the start in goal for this contest.
Ottawa Senators Seek to Stay Hot
Ottawa won for the third time in four games as they rolled past Detroit in their previous contest Saturday night. The Senators improved to 11-11-0 on the season and were eighth in the Atlantic Division standings, 17 points behind the Bruins for the division lead. They were 10 points behind Toronto and Detroit, who are tied for the final guaranteed spot in the Atlantic Division. Ottawa is 5 in offense as they average 3.50 goals per game to this point of the season. The Senators are 18 in goals against as they allow an average of 3.18 goals per contest this year. Ottawa is 21 with the man advantage as they have cashed in 18.3% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Senators are 28 in penalty killing as they successfully navigate 74.3% of their shorthanded situations this season.
Against Detroit, Ottawa rode a big second period and used that momentum to earn a victory on the road. The Senators were outshot 15-11 in the opening period of play and skated off tied at one after 20 minutes of play. Claude Giroux opened the scoring with his ninth goal of the season, on the power play, at 1:57 off assists from Jakob Chychrun and Vladimir Tarasenko. They gave up the equalizer later in the period. In the second period, Ottawa held a 14-7 shot advantage and outscored Detroit 3-0 to take a 4-1 lead at the second intermission. Tarasenko gave the Senators a 2-1 lead with his sixth goal of the year, on the power play, at 3:36 off assists from Chychrun and Giroux. Dominik Kubalik made it a 3-1 game with his fifth of the year at 8:36 off an assist from Mathieu Joseph. Tim Stutzle extended to a 4-1 lead with his sixth goal of the season at 18:56 off assists from Drake Batherson and Artem Zub. In the third period, Ottawa held a 12-9 shot advantage and scored the lone goal of the period to put the game away. Jake Sanderson hit the empty net with his fifth goal of the season, into an empty net at 16:35 of the period. That marker was unassisted. Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves for the Senators, who held a 37-31 advantage in shots on goal, in the win. He is slated to get the call between the pipes again here.
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Carolina comes in off four straight losses, all on the road, and now have to go on the road again to face the Senators. Ottawa has won three of their last four games entering this one and turned in a solid dismantling of the Red Wings on the road in their previous game. The Senators are clicking right now and they have gotten solid goaltending from their duo of Korpisalo and Anton Forsberg. On the flip side, Carolina’s goaltending has been mediocre at best with Raanta and Pyotr Kochetkov each scuffling. The Hurricanes could use Frederik Andersen, who has been out since November 2 with a blood clotting issue and has no timetable for return, between the pipes. With Ottawa having home ice and the better goaltending, give the Senators the upper hand here.
Prediction: Ottawa Senators +116
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Carolina comes into this game having gone over the total in 14 of their 27 games this season. The Hurricanes have posted an average total of 6.56 goals per game this season and that number remains flat at 6.56 goals per contest in their 16 road tilts on the year. Ottawa has seen the over post an 11-8-3 mark in their 22 games in relation to the total this season entering Monday night. The Senators have posted an average total of 6.68 goals per game on the season though that number drops slightly to an average of 6.63 goals per game as the home team. Look for this game to wind up falling short of the total.
Prediction: Under 6.5
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