The Ottawa Senators could see the return of Linus Ullmark on Thursday night, making his first appearance since leaving the Brady Tkachuk return game with a lower-body injury. The Senators are 4-3-2 since Ullmark’s injury while not getting the greatest goaltending, which is very promising for a team looking to return to the playoffs. Ottawa will hope that Ullmark can get up to speed quickly and avoid further injury.
The Colorado Avalanche are 6-3-1 over their last 10 games and rolled in the past two games -- in which they outscored the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs 10-3. Ullmark will have his work cut out for him in this game, as the Avalanche are third in the league in goals with 78 and have scored four or more goals in five of their past seven contests. The Senators’ offense hasn’t been clicking as well as they would like recently, as they have scored just 11 goals over their last four games. However, with the way the Avalanche were giving up chances to the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night and the uncertainty in their crease, Ottawa finds a way to win this game in Ullmark’s return. If Scott Wedgewood starts for the Avs, this is an even better bet.
Avalanche vs Senators prediction: Ottawa ML (-115) available at time of publishing. Playable at that price.
