NHL Free Card - Ottawa at Pittsburgh

NHL Free Card - Ottawa at Pittsburgh

7:00 PM ET Ottawa at Pittsburgh

Ottawa, 2-5 in the last seven meetings, managed to pull off the impossible and beat Pittsburgh in their first meeting, all thanks to Brady Tkachuk. Tkachuk snuck in an overtime game-winning goal that that had Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan have a difficult time containing his anger. But let's be real, the Senators only won because of their outrageous power play that scored FOUR times in one game and the crooked zeebras on skates. The Penguins will definitely be on their best behavior this time around and not give the Sens any more freebies.

The Penguins have lost three of four, is 3-6-3 in its past 12 games and have fallen into a struggle to be even in the wild-card conversation. Still, the Penguins are eight points ahead of the Senators, bunched with several other teams, but they have a fierce 12-5-4 record on home ice, while the Senators have a 4-22 straight up record in their last 26 trips to the Steel City. The Senators are an absolute joke, with a league-worst -38 goals differential above expected and only scoring like 1.98 goals per game. The Over is 6-1 in the previous seven games between these two teams and 4-0 in the last four when played in Pittsburgh. Penguins are 10-3 in their last 13 games playing on 1 days rest.

Play: Pittsburgh -1.5 +170

Play: Brian Dumoulin Under 1.5 Blocked Shots -164

Play: Sidney Crosby Over .05 Goals

Play: Evgeni Malkin Over .05 Assists

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