Ottawa beat San Jose 5-1 on Saturday afternoon, and Samuel Ersson stopped 22 shots to earn his first win as a Senator. Now the Senators play again on the second night of a back-to-back, still without Linus Ullmark, who has been on injured reserve since October 22. Anaheim has lost seven of its last eight and is 5-7-1. Warren Foegele is out for 3-4 weeks and William Eklund is out with an ankle injury, so the Senators are short two forwards from the group that scored five in San Jose. Troy Terry and Ryan Poehling are out for the Ducks. Laurent Brossoit gets a spot start in the Ducks' net after being recalled from the AHL on Saturday. Anaheim has been in 7-6, 6-5 and 5-4 finals in its last three, and Brossoit gives me a different goalie behind that defense to price. I expect a tired Ottawa group to protect its own end the way it did in San Jose. The UNDER pays better than even money, so we don't need it to win most nights to turn a profit. Take the UNDER.
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