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Ottawa Senators vs Boston Bruins: Game preview, predictions and odds | January 23, 2024

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The Ottawa Senators are on the road to play the Boston Bruins on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. Ottawa (24-19-4) is coming off a 5-0 shutout loss to the Rangers, while Boston (23-20-6) is coming off a 5-1 loss to New Jersey on Wednesday.

Senators vs Bruins: Head-to-head & key stats

Ottawa is 59-82-8-9 all-time against Boston
The Senators are averaging 2.78 goals per game
The Bruins are 14-7-3 with a +9 goal differential at home
Ottawa is allowing 2.78 goals per game
Boston is averaging 2.73 goals per game
The Sens are 12-12-2 on the road with a -7 goal differential
The Bruins are allowing 3.2 goals per game

Ottawa Senators vs Boston Bruins: Preview

Ottawa is coming off a 5-0 shutout loss on the road to the Rangers and now play Boston. The Senators are led by Tim Stutzle, who has 45 points, Drake Batherson with 40 points, Brady Tkachuk with 38 points, and Claude Giroux, who has 30 points.

The Senators are expected to start Leevi Merilainen, who's 6-3-1 with a 2.32 GAA and a .914 SV%. He played against Boston last week, getting the win with a .821 SV%

Boston, meanwhile, is coming off a 5-1 loss to New Jersey and now plays the second half of a back-to-back. The Bruins will start Joonas Korpisalo who's 8-4-2 with a 2.88 GAA and a .891 SV%. In his career against Ottawa, the former Sens goalie is 5-2-1 with a 2.49 GAA and a .917 SV%.

The Bruins are led by David Pastrnak, who has 54 points, Brad Marchand with 37 points, Pavel Zacha with 28 points, Elias Lindholm with 24 points, and Morgan Geekie, who has 23 points.

Senators vs Bruins: Odds & Prediction

Ottawa is a -125 favorite while Boston is a +105 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Bruins are playing the second half of a back-to-back, which is always a tough spot. Boston is also starting its backup goalie in Korpisalo, who has struggled at times this season, and the Sens should be able to score on him.

Although Merilainen hasn't played as well as he did when he first came to the NHL, the Bruins offense is going through a tough spot right now, as the Senators will be on the road and should get the win.

Prediction: Senators 4, Bruins 2.