Ottawa Senators vs. Florida Panthers Prediction, Preview, and Odds
The Ottawa Senators are traveling to Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida to face the Florida Panthers. Ottawa is 23-27-2 this season and sits 15th in the Eastern Conference. Florida is second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 36-15-4. The Panthers won their match earlier this season against the Senators with a final score of 5-0. The puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST.
Ottawa's Troubled Special Teams
The Ottawa Senators are traveling to face the Panthers after their win yesterday against the Tampa Bay Lightning with a final score of 4-2. This was a huge win for the Senators and required a lot of discipline going up against the top powerplay in the league. Ottawa only had one minor penalty call against them which was offset by a Lightning penalty to make it be four on four hockey. With the Senators averaging 4.33 penalties per game, I do not see them playing like this against the Panthers. Ottawa is going into this game with a penalty kill percentage which still ranks 30th in the league. The upside to this team is their offense which generates 3.37 goals per game, ranking them tenth overall in scoring.
Since we saw Anton Forsberg in net for the Senators last night, we will likely see Joonas Korpisalo going against the Panthers. Korpisalo this season has a record of 13-18-2 with a goals against average of 3.41 and a save percentage of .887. There has been some slight improvements to Korpisalo's game in his last five starts with him improving to a .891 save percentage and a 2.75 goals against average.
Panthers' Top Defense
The Florida Panthers are returning home after their win on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning with a final score of 9-2. This would be the fifth win in a row for the Panthers. Florida is also 9-1 in their last ten games. The Panthers are ranked second overall in defending allowing only 2.44 goals against per game. This is mainly due to their penalty kill which ranks fourth overall at 83.1%. On offense Florida is averaging 3.35 goals per game.
Sergei Bobrovsky has been the starting goaltender for most of the Panthers games this season. Bobrovsky has a record of 27-10-2 with a goals against average of 2.41 and a save percentage of .914. In his last five games, he is doing even better with a goals against average of 1.58 and a save percentage of .947.
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The Florida Panthers are coming into this game well rested since their game on Saturday, while the Senators are playing their third game in four nights. Ottawa is going to be tired finishing up this rough road trip and will likely make a lot of mistakes including taking penalties. The Panthers should be able to take advantage of a tired Ottawa team and thrive on the powerplay. In their last ten games against the Panthers, Ottawa has a record of 2-7-1. In those seven losses, the Panthers covered a spread of -1.5 in all seven games. The Panthers have a record of 7-3 in their last ten games against the spread.
I am taking the Panthers at -1.5.
Prediction: Florida Panthers -1.5 (+100 )
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I am looking at a very one sided game with Florida carrying most of the scoring. Sergei Bobrovsky in his career against the Senators with the Panthers is 5-1-0 with a goals against average of 1.82. In Joonas Korpisalo's one career game against the Panthers while playing with the Senators, the score ended with the Panthers winning 5-0. This was the game which they played earlier this season and I am expecting more of the same from these two teams.
Take the under at 6.5.
Prediction: Under 6.5 ( -104 )
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