New Jersey Devils vs Ottawa Senators Prediction, 12/29/2023 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New Jersey Devils vs Ottawa Senators

Date: Friday, December 29, 2023

Location: Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON

TV: TSN

Odds/Point Spread: Devils (-122) Senators (+102)

The Ottawa Senators (13-17-0) are hosting the New Jersey Devils (18-13-2) at Canadian Tire Centre on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has New Jersey at -122 while Ottawa is at +102. The over/under is set at 7.

The New Jersey Devils will head into their next game feeling good after earning a 4-3 win over the Blue Jackets in their last outing. The Devils had a good offensive outing in the victory. In the matchup, they tallied a score on 4 out of the 35 shots they attempted. They also had 3 opportunities with more players on the ice but didn't get a goal. New Jersey tallied 6 penalty mins in this contest.

When playing at even strength, the Devils have surrendered 94 goals while notching 83 themselves. New Jersey Devils opponents have totaled 106 power play opportunities (19th in pro hockey) and have scored 23 goals in those chances. When it comes to their scoring capabilities, the New Jersey Devils have accumulated 113 goals (9th in pro hockey) for the season and have allowed 117. New Jersey has tried 1,049 shots and holds a shot percentage of 10.8%. For the current campaign, they have earned 38 points and their points percentage comes in at .576. The Devils have seen 967 shots taken against them and hold a save percentage of .879. New Jersey has accumulated 103 power play chances and they have scored 30 goals out of those attempts, garnering them a rate of 29.13%.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Vitek Vanecek. Vanecek has been involved in 153 games over the course of his pro hockey career. He has amassed a win-loss mark of 87-39-15 and he has gotten the start in 143 games. The opposition has been able to score 383 goals versus Vanecek in his pro hockey career and his goals against average per game is 2.68. Vanecek has had 4,055 shots taken against him and has recorded 3,672 total saves. He has a save percentage of .906 during his 8,561 minutes on the ice. In his professional hockey career, Vanecek has earned 76 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .531.

When they took the ice last, Ottawa faced the Maple Leafs in a game where the Senators got the win by a tally of 4-2. They had 1 power play attempt in this matchup but weren't able to notch a goal. The Senators notched 4 goals out of the 30 shots on goal they took.

Ottawa has attempted 973 shots (27th in hockey) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 10.59%, while allowing the other team 925 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 72.12% on their opponents 104 power play chances, and their save percentage is currently 88.6%. They have a tally of 120 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play rate of 17.50%. The Senators have 82 goals at even strength and 21 goals (20th in hockey) while on the power play. They have allowed 105 goals to be scored by way of 76 goals at even strength and 29 goals while they were shorthanded. On the year, the Ottawa Senators have earned a total of 103 goals, 26 points, and a points percentage of .433.

On the other side of the ice you will find Joonas Korpisalo in net. Teams are averaging 3.05 goals per game and he has yielded 677 goals altogether. Korpisalo's quality start percentage sits at 49.1% and he has 108 quality starts in his career. He got the starting nod in 220 games and his ice time sits at 13,297 mins. Korpisalo has compiled a lifetime record of 101-92-25 and has participated in 241 games. He has gathered 6,304 saves out of 6,981 shots taken against him, giving him a save % of .903.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Ottawa (+102) and under 6.5 goals

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