Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens 1/31/2023 Picks

Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens 1/31/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The Ottawa Senators are in Quebec to play against the Montreal Canadiens in part two of their two-game NHL Atlantic Division match-up at Bell Centre in Montreal on Tuesday, January 31.

Ottawa split their last 46 regulation games played with three overtime losses and took second to last place in the Atlantic Division with a 9-12-2 road record this season.

The Senators look to complete the two-game series against the Canadiens with a win after taking game 1 at 5-0 for their third straight victory for the season.

Ottawa held Montreal scoreless in the whole three periods of the match while scoring five goals in the victory.

Goalkeeper Anton Forsberg stopped all 28 shots tried against him for a save percentage of 1.000 in the winning effort. RW Claude Giroux led the Senators with two goals and one assist in the win.

Whatever the result of this contest, the Senators are definitely out of the postseason competition this season. Ottawa has numerous different key players in its line-up but LW Brady Tkachuk topped them all.

Tkachuk rose above the rest of his co-players after posting a team-high 49 points, 30 assists, and 68 penalty minutes while adding 19 goals to his record.

Tkachuk dished out 15 of his 30 assists while his team was on a power play. Left-wingman Tim Stutzle chipped in a team-leading 20 goals with 7 coming from a power play.

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Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens Predictions 1/31/2023

The Ottawa Senators are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 outings and 4-1 SU in their last 5 matches played versus Montreal.

The Senators are 3-6 SU in their last 9 road games while the totals went UNDER in 6 of Ottawa’s last 9 contests when playing on the road against the Canadiens.

The Montreal Canadiens are going back home looking to split the two-game series versus Ottawa after losing game one at 0-5 on Saturday.

Montreal stayed at the bottom of the Atlantic Division with a 20-26- 4 overall standing and 11-13-1 at home for the year.

The Canadiens enter this second contest of a back-to-back facing the Senators after three successive losses including the recent shutout loss away from home.

Montreal lost six of their last ten contests played for the season. The Canadiens’ season is officially over after it was announced last week that their young stud Cole Caufield will be missing the remaining games in 2022-23 due to a shoulder injury.

Montreal’s line-up has almost been drained out as Slafkovsky, Gallagher, Monohan, Price, Armia, Evans, Guhle, and Drouin are among those who are on injured reserve status.

Center Nick Suzuki will still be the best player for the Canadiens this season with his 16 goals, 22 assists, and 38 points record through 50 matches for the year.

Center Kirby Dach will reinforce Suzuki in the frontline with 10 goals, 22 assists, and 32 points record filling the place left by Caufield.

The Montreal Canadiens are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 matches played while the totals went UNDER in 14 of Montreal’s last 20 games played versus Ottawa.

The Canadiens are 5-10 SU in their last 15 home contests played while the totals went UNDER in 6 of Montreal’s last 9 outings when playing at home against the Senators.

Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens. The NHL Pick for this contest is Ottawa -182. Despite playing on their home ice, the Canadiens will continue their struggle in dealing with more injuries to handle.

On the contrary, the Senators are still needing victory here in entering the All-Star break with flying colors. The prediction: Ottawa Senators will win 5-2.

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