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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Ottawa Senators 1/1/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

Ottawa Senators (9-17-2) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (20-8-2)
January 1, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Toronto Maple Leafs -279 / Ottawa Senators +230; Over/Under: +6
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The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs meet Saturday in NHL action at the Scotiabank Arena. The Ottawa Senators look for a win after winning five of their last eight games. The Toronto Maple Leafs look for a win after splitting their last six games.

The Ottawa Senators are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 19.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Josh Norris leads Ottawa with 14 goals, Drake Batherson has 19 assists and Brady Tkachuck has 80 shots on goal. Defensively, the Ottawa Senators are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 77.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Anton Forsberg has allowed 36 goals on 391 shots faced, and Filip Gustavsson has allowed 40 goals on 373 shots.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 30.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Auston Matthews leads Toronto with 20 goals, Morgan Rielly has 22 assists and William Nylander has 109 shots on goal. Defensively, the Toronto Maple Leafs are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 82.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jack Campbell has given up 43 goals on 681 shots faced, and Joseph Woll has allowed 11 goals on 123 shots.

The Senators are 16-48 in their last 64 road games and 7-18 in their last 25 overall. The Maple Leafs are 10-3 in their last 13 home games and 18-5 in their last 23 overall. The over is 5-1 in Senators last 6 Saturday games. The over is 7-1 in Maple Leafs last 8 overall. The Senators are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in Toronto.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are obviously the better tea here and should be decent sized favorites, but these lines are just getting out of control. The bottom line is, both of these teams have been out of work for two weeks, so who knows how either side is going to look. I expect rust on both sides and a game that could be closer than most think. Because of the unknown, I’ll take a stab with the Senators and big price tag.

Randy Chambers's Free Pick: Ottawa Senators +230

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Randy Chambers

Randy has covered sports betting since 2014 and writes about everything from NFL to WNBA. Follow Randy Chambers on Twitter.

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