Prediction, Preview, and Odds
#47 Montreal Canadiens -210 vs.
#48 Ottawa Senators 6.5
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7:05pm EST
Canadian Tire Cenre, Ontario
Written by Valdis Pans

Weeks of decent performances, but zero results, have finally started to shift for the better for the Senators, who have won three of their last five outings and have finally snapped a six-game losing skid on their own ice. The Canadiens, who have won just one of their last five fixtures, are -200 favorites to bank a victory here regardless. Still, don’t count the Sens out just yet! If a second consecutive triumph against wounded Montreal does seem like a tad too much to ask from the young squad of Ottawa, a close encounter is definitely not out of the question. In fact, seven of the past 10 overall outings of the Senators have already delivered on a +1.5 puck line, with the last seven contests of the Canadiens also favoring their opponents in the same department. Six of the previous seven head-to-head matchups between Montreal and Ottawa have also finished as one-goal games, so trust in the Sens to hold their own here!

The very last seven meetings between Ottawa and Montreal have all gone below the set goal-mark, recording an average of just 3.86 strikes per fixture. So, expecting another low-scoring bout here is definitely a pretty decent idea! Even more so after the most recent five home outings of the Senators had already finished with just a minimal amount of snipes on the scoresheet, averaging 4.40 tallies per matchup, with 11 of the previous 16 road contests of the Canadiens all also delivering just a modest quantity of goals.