Anaheim Ducks (22-16-8) vs. Ottawa Senators (13-20-4)
January 29, 2022 12:30 pm EDT
The Line: Ottawa Senators +111 / Anaheim Ducks -131; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Anaheim Ducks and the Ottawa Senators meet in NHL action from the Canadian Tire Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Anaheim Ducks come into this one looking to build on a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens last time out. Troy Terry leads the Ducks in scoring with 40 points including a team-high 24 goals while Trevor Zegras has 32 points with 12 goals and 20 assists. Sonny Milano has 25 points while Ryan Getzlaf has 26 points this season with Getzlaf logging a team-high 23 assists on the year. John Gibson’s seen the bulk of the work in goal for Anaheim and is 14-10-7 with a 2.56 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.
The Ottawa Senators will try to bounce back from a 3-2 shootout loss to Carolina in their last game. Drake Batherson leads the Sens in scoring with 34 points including a team-high 21 assists while Josh Norris has 26 points with a team-high 18 goals and 8 assists. Brady Tkachuk has 27 points with 12 goals and 15 assists as well this season. Filip Gustavsson’s gone 3-8-1 in goal for Ottawa, putting up a 3.80 GAA and an .893 save percentage while Anton Forsberg is 7-6-1 with a 3.01 GAA and a .912 save percentage.
Anaheim is 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road favorite and 0-5 in their last 5 Saturday games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall. Ottawa is 2-10 in their last 12 games against the Pacific division and 4-11 in their last 15 home games while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall.
I get the allure of the low line with the Sens at home because this line looks pretty funky. However, I think this is just a spot where you ignore the funk and side with the better team. Ottawa’s struggling right now to find the back of the net while Anaheim’s inexplicably back to scoring almost five goals per game in their last four. I’ll back the Ducks here.
