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(16-21-5) Ottawa Senators vs. Washington Capitals (29-9-5)
Date: Tuesday, January 7th
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Verizon Center, Washington, DC
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Capitals -335 Senators +265
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Capitals -1.5
NHL Betting Total: 6.5
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Despite owning the best record in hockey, the Washington Capitals have not been at the top of their game of late, although they showed the ability to elevate their play to another level last time out.
Coming off a stunning come-from-behind victory, the Capitals will go for their third straight victory against the visiting Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. The Capitals have posted a league-best sixth multi-goal comeback wins.
Ottawa has the second-fewest wins away from home at 5-14-3 and has dropped six in a row to the Capitals since the start of the 2017-18 season.
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There aren’t many ways to spin this matchup to make it look even. The Capitals are clearly the better team. But lets take a deeper look and see what the best bet in.
Ottawa Senators
It has not been fun for the Senators since returning from the Christmas break: They lost their fourth in a row (0-3-1) in a 5-3 setback to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The offense for this game may be a bit more bleek. Leading scorer Anthony Duclair (foot) missed Saturday’s game and is uncertain to play against Washington, although he will travel with the team.
Drake Batherson, who had 13 goals and 41 points at Belleville of the American Hockey League before he was called up Saturday to take Duclair’s place, will be in the lineup Tuesday.
Look for offence from JG Pageau. Senators C Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored his 19th goal Saturday, matching his career high.
Starting in net for the slumping Ottawa Senators should be Craig Anderson. His stats so far on the season are: 6-10-1 W-L | 3.12 GAA | 0.9 SV% | 0 SO
Washington Capitals
Washington appeared doomed to its fourth defeat in six games, trailing San Jose by two goals with one minute to play, but scored twice before squeezing out a 5-4 victory in overtime.
Capitals F Jakub Vrana has scored three times in the past two games and all 18 of his tallies have come at even strength.
The Capitals are currently the top team in the Eastern conference and are 6-4-0 in their last 10.
Braden Holtby had yielded 13 goals during a three-start losing streak and was beaten three times in the second period Sunday.
Starting in net for the surging and league leading Capitals should be the always reliable Braden Holtby. His stats so far on the season are: 18-7-4 W-L | 2.99 GAA | 0.902 SV% | 0 SO
NHL Betting Trends:
- Senators are 26-56 in their last 82 games as an underdog.
- Senators are 0-4 in their last 4 overall.
- Capitals are 5-1 in their last 6 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.
- Capitals are 9-4 in their last 13 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.
- Capitals are 141-66 in their last 207 games as a home favorite.
- Capitals are 6-2 in their last 8 vs. a team with a winning % below .400.
- Capitals are 16-7 in their last 23 vs. Eastern Conference.
Free Ottawa Senators vs. Washington Capitals NHL Prediction:
Well the Capitals are the clear favorite here. Between the depth of talent and their recent play it’s hard to find a knock on them. And give it the fact that they are playing on home ice it is hard to see any flaws in them in this matchup.
Additionally the Senators have been atrocious and it seems like the previous offensive power they had has dried up. I really like the Capitals in this one, and you should be confident in them too.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Capitals -1.5
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