Pittsburgh Penguins (28-11-8) vs. Ottawa Senators (16-22-4)
February 10, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Ottawa Senators +175 / Pittsburgh Penguins -210; Over/Under: -6.5
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The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators meet in NHL action from the Canadian Tire Center on Thursday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to add to their 4-2 win over Boston in their last game. Jake Guentzel leads the Penguins in scoring with 48 points including a team-high 23 goals. Evan Rodrigues has 33 points with 15 goals and 18 assists while Kris Letang has 41 points with a team-high 36 assists. Sidney Crosby’s also added 41 points with 13 goals and 28 assists of his own this season. Tristan Jarry’s seen the majority of Pittsburgh’s action between the pipes, going 24-8-6 with a 2.21 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.
The Ottawa Senators will look to build on their 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes last time out. Drake Batherson leads Ottawa in scoring with 34 points including a team-high 21 assists with 13 goals as well while Brady Tkachuk has 32 points with 14 goals and 18 assists. Josh Norris has 26 points with a team-high 18 goals while Thomas Chabot also has 24 points with 21 assists of his own this season. Matt Murray’s posted a 5-6-2 mark with a 2.72 GAA and a .914 save percentage between the pipes for Ottawa this season.
Pittsburgh is 10-2 in their last 12 games as a road favorite and 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road favorite while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 Thursday games. Ottawa is 5-11 in their last 16 games as a home underdog and 15-37 in their last 52 games against the Metropolitan division while the under is 8-1 in their last 9 games overall.
I get the case you could make for both teams here, but I’m leaning towards the over here. The Penguins have been playing their best hockey over the last couple of months and while the Sens are far from world-beaters, they’ve been playing really well in their last couple of games but both teams share the fact that both have been finding the back of the net with regularity as of late. This feels like a 4-3 or even 5-4 kind of game. Give me the over here.
