Senators vs Hurricanes Game Information

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The Senators (12-13-2 , 4-7-1 on Road) head south of the border to face the Hurricanes (18-9-1, 11–3-0 at Home) in an Eastern Conference matchup on Friday night. Ottawa was 3-2 and Carolina was 2-3 in their last 5 heading into Thursday’s Thursday’s 14-game slate, with the Senators winning at Home vs the Ducks (5-1), losing at Home to the Islanders (4-2), beating Nashville (3-1) and Detroit (2-1) at Home in two game that went Under the Totals, and losing at Anaheim (4-3, SO) to end their West Coast Road trip. Carolina beat the Sharks at Home in its last skate (3-2), lost to the Islanders on Long island (4-3), beat the Avalanche (5-3), and lost to both the Kraken (4-2) and the Panthers (6-0). Right now at DraftKings, the Senators are 30/1 to win the Eastern Conference with Carolina at 4/1 and Ottawa priced at 70/1 to win the 2025 Stanley Cup and Carolina at 8/1.

Senators Need to Win Road Games to Make the Playoffs

Ottawa (12-12-4 O/U) has been a pleasant surprise this 2024-25 NHL Regular Season, but if the season were to end right now, the 5th-place (Atlantic Division) Senators still wouldn’t make the cut for the NHL Playoffs. Into Thursday’s game, Ottawa had scored 87 Goals and allowed 87 Goals so the key for this team to jump into the top four in its division will be to play better on the Road where it has just 4 Wins in 12 games so far. Leading the Senators attack this Fall have been C Tim Stutzle (34 points, team-high 24 assists), LW Brady Tkachuck (27 points, tied team-high 13 goals), RW Drake Batherson (27 points), RW Claude Giroux (27 points), C Josh Norris (27 points), and C Adam Gaudette (26 points, tied team-high 13 goals). Ottawa is now a 50/1 longshot to win the Atlantic Division.

Ottawa Senators Betting Trends

• The Senators are 5-7-1 vs the Eastern Conference
• Ottawa is 1-3 in its last 4 games on the Road
• The Senators are 3-1 in their last 4 games
• The Over is 5-2-2 in Ottawa’s last 9 games overall
• The Senators are 0-5-1 vs the Metropolitan Division
• Ottawa is 44-57-8-8 all-time vs this franchise including when Hartford Whalers

Canes Trying to Thrive Without Starting Goalie Andersen

Carolina (12-13-3 O/U) has had to deal with the loss of starting Goalie Frederik Andersen who suffered a Knee injury and is out 8-12 weeks and dealing with surgery, so backup G Pyotr Kochetkov (12-4-0, 2.64 GAA) has had to step up, and step up he has in his 999 minutes on the ice. The Hurricanes have been very strong on their Home ice, going 11-3-0 and this is a tough spot for Ottawa being a Canadian team playing in the USA. So far this season, the Senators have gone 4-7 in that role. Carolina’s leading scorers are C Martin Necas (43 points, team-high 14 goals and 29 assists), C Sebastian Aho (30 points), D Shayne Gositisbehere (25 points), and RW Andrei Svechnikov (24 points). Carolina, who will be without C Jack Drury until December 17, is priced at +110 to win the Metropolitan Division and is the prohibitive Favorite despite sitting in 3rd place at this writing.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

• The Hurricanes are 7-2-1 vs the Metropolitan Division
• The Under is 7-3 the last 10 meetings, 5-0-0 at Carolina
• Carolina shut out Ottawa in the season’s first meeting (4-0)
• The Over is 3-1-1 in the Canes last 5 Home games
• The Hurricanes are 7-3-0 in the last 10 series meetings, 5-0-0 at Home
• Carolina averages 3.3 gpg in this series (as CAR), the Senators 2.1 gpg

Senators vs Hurricanes Prediction

The Hurricanes have won the last 4 meetings in this series (20 GF-6 GA), outscoring the Senators by 14 goals in the process. In Carolina , Ottawa has won 4-0, 5-3, 3-2 (OT), and 4-0, so the Puck Line (-1.5) is a hard sell here with the Senators playing decent of late (5-4-1 L10). Ottawa’s last win in this series was in 2023, and after losing 4-0 at the Lenovo Center already, these Senators vs Hurricanes NHL picks will take the better team who has been dominant vs the Metropolitan Division, is great at Home, and who is 4-0-0 in Charlotte in the last 5 series meetings as well as the Under with Kochetkov doing his thing between the pipes. Carolina is 30-15 lifetime vs Ottawa and has gone 5-1 the last 6 meetings here, outscoring the Senators 26-10 with 2 Shutouts and the Senators are winless vs the Metropolitan Division (0-5-1). Embrace logic.

Kevin’s Picks: Hurricanes -205, Under 6.5