It’s been an up-and-down season for the Ottawa Senators so far this year, but they are coming off one of their best wins, taking down the Colorado Avalanche in overtime. As for the Pittsburgh Penguins, they are simply doing their best to avoid the very bottom of the Metropolitan Division. Now it’s time to make some Senators vs Penguins predictions. The good news for the Pens is that they are back from their west coast road trip, where they were able to win two of three games. Most recently they took down the San Jose Sharks, even if they needed overtime plus a shootout to do so.
Regardless, even back at home it’s very difficult to have any confidence in Sidney Crosby’s guys right now. That’s why we’d lean to Ottawa for a money line pick, but rather than having to trust either team, let’s just root for goals for our best Senators vs Penguins prediction. After all, the Sens rank seventh in terms of expected goal percentage and Pitt is allowing the seventh-most goals per game. While the Pens aren’t consistently winning games, they are at least scoring over three goals per game to do their part, as well. Ultimately, we see this being something like a 5-3 win for Ottawa to push us over the total.
Senators vs Penguins prediction: Over 6.5 (-105) available at time of publishing. Playable to -120.
