Predators at Senators NHL Betting Preview
NHL Battle Before All-Star Break
Predators at Senators NHL Betting Preview
The Nashville Predators head into the NHL All-Star Break but not before a clash in Canada’s Capital, going up against the Ottawa Senators on Monday night. Let’s take a look and breakdown some key factors for this Cross-Conference contest in the Predators at Senators NHL Betting Preview matchup for Monday night in Ottawa.
Predators at Senators 
Points: (26-22-1, 53 points) at (18-25-2, 38 points)
Date, time:
Location: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Streaming: Live Sports Stream
Predators Scratching & Clawing
The Nashville Predators have been hanging on tight in the NHL Central Division standings race, currently in fourth place with 53 points as they head into tonight’s matchup with the Ottawa Senators, who are currently last in the Atlantic Division over in the Eastern Conference.
The Preds have lost four of their last six games, allowing three or more goals in seven of their last eleven contests and losing three of their last five games away from the Music City.
Veteran forward Gustav Nyquist has continued to be sensational this season for the Preds, scoring twelve goals and 35 points on the year in 49 games played. He is one of five Predators who have double-digits in goals, paced by centerman Filip Forsberg, who has 23 goals this season.
Forsberg also leads the club in points with 50. In goal, we should expect Jusse Saros, the 28-year old netminder has a 19-18-1 record with a 2.91 goals-against average and a .904% save percentage in 38 starts this season.
Government Shutdown with Sens?
The Ottawa Senators are just two games away from the All-Star Break, with a contest tonight hosting the Nashville Predators and a game in Detroit against the Red Wings on Wednesday, and with points in six of their last eight games, this club is fighting for their playoff lives while currently sitting dead last in the Atlantic Division with 38 points on the year.
Interim coach Jacques Martin hasn’t been able to find consistent offense with this team since he returned behind the bench, and now the defense and goaltending has been shaky as well. With seven goals allowed last game against the New York Rangers, Ottawa has yielded three or more goals in ten of their last 13 games.
Goalie Joonas Korpisalo has regressed this season with a 10-16-2 record, a 3.52 goals-against average and a .886% save percentage. These are not good numbers to have when you are the club’s number one goaltending option and starting the first year of a five-year, $20 million dollar contract.
Predators at Senators Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the hosting Ottawa Senators NHL Odds betting odds to win as short favorites against the visiting Nashville Predators on Monday night priced in the pick’em range around -105 to -110. Ottawa has lost nine of their last thirteen games overall, while Nashville has lost four of their last six games. Head-to-head, the series is in favor of the Predators, winning six of the last nine meetings.
Concluding the Predators at Senators NHL Betting Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6.5 goals shaded to the Over between the pick’em price range of -115 and -120. The last five head-to-head meetings have gone Under the total.
Nashville has played to seven straight games Under the total, including five consecutive Unders on the road. For Ottawa, they have gone Over the total in seven of their last ten games overall and despite five straight Unders against the Predators, the Over is 10-3 the last 13 times these two clubs meet at Canadian Tire Centre.
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