The Boston Bruins will complete a back-to-back on Tuesday when visiting the Ottawa Senators after hosting the Florida Panthers on Monday night. Boston is 2-0-0 with four points. The Bruins opened the season with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals and followed that with their home debut, which resulted in a 6-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes. Boston has won 19 consecutive games versus the Coyotes.
'A.J Greer Is the leading goal scorer for Boston with two, while David Pastrnak is the leader in assists with three and David Krejci is the leader in points with four. In goal, Linus Ullmark is 1-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.00 and save percentage of .943. Boston scores an average of 5.50 goals per game and allows an average of 2.50 goals per game. Boston's power-play scores 33.3% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 85.7% of the time.
The Ottawa Senators are 0-2-0 with no points after losing each of their first two games of the regular season. Ottawa opened the season with a 4-1 loss on the road against the Buffalo Sabres and followed that on Saturday night with a 3-2 loss on the road to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Needless to say the Senators are last in the Atlantic division and remain the only team in the division without any points.
Claude Giroux, Shane Pinto and Brady Tkachuk each have one goal for Ottawa. The leader in assists is Giroux with one and Giroux is also the leader in points with two. In goal, Anton Forsberg is 0-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.56 and save percentage of .924. Ottawa scores an average of 1.50 goals per game and allows an average of 3.50 goals per game. Ottawa's power play scores 16.7% of the time and its penalty-kill unit is successful 83.3% of the time.
Recent Betting Trends
- Boston is 5-2 in its last 7
- The OVER has cashed in 8 of the Bruins last 10
- Ottawa is 1-4 in its last 5 versus an opponent from the Atlantic Division
- The UNDER has cashed in 3 of the Senators last 4
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