Carolina Hurricanes vs Ottawa Senators Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 04/05/26

This weekend has the potential to be a dagger into the Ottawa Senators’ season, and while the issues clouding the team don’t help matters, the schedule makers are partly to blame with two Stanley Cup contenders on back-to-back nights. The Minnesota Wild dominated the Senators up and down the ice on Saturday afternoon, and it won’t get any easier against a Carolina Hurricanes team that has been on a hot run as of late.

The Hurricanes have already clinched their spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and would clinch the Metropolitan Division crown with a win against the Senators on Sunday. While it feels like a time where Carolina could rest on their laurels, head coach Rod Brind’Amour isn’t going to allow his players to do that after all their years of falling short in the playoffs. It is going to be full steam ahead from April to the end of June if he has anything to say about it.

Linus Ullmark started the Wild game on Saturday, and who really knows if he’s going to be able to play on Sunday after opting out due to fatigue in a game last weekend, where he had days to rest before. Head coach Travis Green threw him out there on Saturday in hopes he would steal a win, but prime Dominik Hasek might not have found a way to win that game with the way the Wild dominated and the way his teammates played in front of him.

Now, the Senators might need to start James Reimer, who has done a commendable job in relief this season but is nowhere near Ullmark when both are at their best. The Senators’ injuries are slowly starting to dismantle the team, and even though Jake Sanderson returned on Saturday, he didn’t look at 100%. Look for the Hurricanes to take care of the Senators on Sunday and add one more nail in the proverbial coffin to their playoff push.

Hurricanes vs Senators prediction: Hurricanes ML (-125) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.