Edmonton Oilers vs Ottawa Senators

Ottawa has winning records both home and away. They're playing great on an 8-1 run, off a 5-4 victory at Vancouver as an underdog. They've won four of their last five as a dog. The offense is 12th in goals scored and eighth on the power play, while the defense is 11th in goals given up (2.85 per game) and 12th in save percentage. Edmonton was a dominant home team last year (28-9-4) but is 11-7-1 in the new season. The offense is 15th on the power play, while the defense is 26th in penalty killing, 28th in shots on goal allowed, and 22nd in save percentage (.896). This is their third game in four days after overtime tilts against Boston and San Jose. Play Ottawa. 

Edmonton looks to bounce back after a poor performance last night, getting shutout 3-0 in Montreal. The Oilers are 5-3-1 on the road and face an Ottawa squad that has lost two straight and four of six. The offense is 22nd in shooting percentage, while the defense is 20th in penalty killing, 17th in goals allowed, and 22nd in save percentage (.891). Ottawa has lost the last two games surrendering nine goals, coming off a 4-0 loss at Carolina. Ottawa is 2-4 in its last six games as an underdog of +105 or more. Play Edmonton. 

Edmonton has won the past three meetings and seven of the past 10 and the Oilers currently have won four of six although they do come off a 6-3 loss at Toronto on Saturday. Calvin Pickard will be in net after relieving Stuart Skinner, who had a bad night allowing five goals against the Maple Leafs. Pickard stopped all five shots he faced and he is 10-4-0 with a 2.20 goals-against average this season. Anton Forsberg is likely for Ottawa and he owns a 12-12-0 mark and a 3.42 goals-against average. The Senators have lost three of four, but they did beat New Jersey 5-2 last night. Ottawa is 0-8 as an underdog of +151 to +200 and 1-5 overall in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 days spot while Edmonton is 8-2 in that same situation. The Oilers are 14-2 versus teams that allowed two or fewer goals their previous game. Take the Oilers as a Max Play.

Edmonton has won six in a row while getting great performances in net as the Oilers have allowed a total of only 12 goals during the streak and Stuart Skinner stopped 35 of 37 shots in a 5-2 win over Philadelphia on Thursday. Skinner is likely tonight and he is 15-9-1 with a 2.82 goals-against average with two shutouts this season and he has allowed more than three goals just once his past 10 starts. Ottawa has stayed UNDER three of its past five games and the Senators average 3.38 goals and allow 3.20 on the season. Edmonton is 5-1-2 UNDER its past eight Saturday games and Ottawa has numerous injuries plus a suspension on the offensive end. Take the UNDER.

Scoring in the NHL is way up, so seeing a 7 pop up for this game is not surprising. The Edmonton Oilers have scored more goals this season than any other Western Conference team. Edmonton continues its offensive mastery as they have scored four or more goals in 10 of their last 13 games, which has pushed nine of those games OVER the total. The books have posted a total of '7' in six of those games which have produced 51 total goals or 8.5 goals per contest. Ottawa is no stranger to high-scoring games as the Senators are 7-2 to the OVER in their last nine games. Look for this one to go OVER the total.