Ottawa Senators vs. Arizona Coyotes Prediction, Preview, and Odds – 12-19-2023
Ottawa Senators vs. Arizona Coyotes Prediction, Preview, and Odds – 12-19-2023

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The Ottawa Senators (11-15-0, 22 points, 8th Atlantic) play the fourth game of a five-game road trip on Tuesday when visiting the Arizona Coyotes (15-13-2, 32 points, 5th Central). Ottawa was defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday 6-3 and has lost four straight including the first three of its current road trip. Arizona defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Saturday for its second straight win. The Coyotes have shut out each of their last two opponents. Ottawa will play without D Thomas Chabot, C Rourke Chartier, RW Mathieu Joseph and C Shane Pinto. Arizona will play without C Travis Boyd, C Barrett Hayton, D Vladislav Kolyachonok, C Bryan Little, RW Jakub Voracek and D Shea Weber

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Ottawa is averaging 3.35 goals per game which is 9th best in the NHL while taking the sixth most shots at 33.0 per game. Ottawa is winning 51.3% of its faceoffs, which is 11th best in the league. The Ottawa power play is scoring 16.7% of the time which is 23rd. Brady Tkachuk is the leading goal scorer for Ottawa with 14, while Drake Batherson has scored 10. Tim Stutzle is the leader in assists with 23 and the points leader with 29, while Claude Giroux is second in assists with 16 and 2nd in points with 25. 

 

Ottawa has a 3.42 goals against average which is 23rd in hockey. The Senators are allowing an average of 29.9 shots per game which is 14th. The Senators have one of the worst penalty kill units, successfully holding opponents scoreless only 73.2% of the time Ottawa is short-handed which is 29th in the NHL. Joonas Korpisalo is 6-9-0 with a 3.50 goals against average and .892 save percentage, while Anton Forsberg is 5-6-0 with a 3.23 goals against average and .876 save percentage.

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