Ottawa Senators vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction: Expect a high-productive game

Prediction for the NHL Ottawa Senators vs Pittsburgh Penguins match, which will take place on January 19. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Ottawa is a team, which in recent years, has been in the status of the clear outsider of the league. The Senators should have been expected to make significant progress this season, and the youngsters have already gained experience playing at the NHL level. Still, they are not yet able to interfere in the fight for a playoff spot. The Red and Black had decent stretches at times. Still, they're having more and more trouble with their play, which is why they've only had one win in their last five meetings, and that one over lowly Arizona, 5:3. A series of failures dropped Ottawa to 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Pittsburgh is a much more experienced team, which can be considered an excellent help for the Pennsylvanians, but the solid age of key players is a clear disadvantage for them. Already, it is noticeable that the Penguins lack the stability to play all the games at the same good level, which is why they fail more often. The team lost six games in a row between December and January, but there has been some improvement. The Black and Yellow have won three of their last five games, including a 4:3 victory over Anaheim the day before, which has lifted them to eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Ottawa and Pittsburgh are not doing the best in the current regular season. At the same time, the level of ambitions of the Pennsylvanians is much higher, so they continue to count on the playoffs, but the Senators have a minimum chance to cope with this task. Moreover, the Penguins overcame a 6-match losing streak, winning three times in the last five games, and the Red and Black have only one win over the same distance. Moreover, Mike Sullivan's wards won five of the previous six ties, so even now, they are the favorites, and to make a bet on the victory of Pittsburgh is possible with the odds about 2.35.

Recently, the confrontation between Ottawa and Pittsburgh has been characterized by high performance. In the six previous head-to-head encounters, the opponents have scored 46 goals against each other (7.67 average per game). Right now, both squads are also having a lot of trouble defensively. Based on this, the optimal option for the prediction seems to be a total over 6.5 pucks at odds close to 2.00, and separately we should bet on the total over 0.5 points of Kaspari Kapanen for 2.1.

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