The Colorado Avalanche will travel to Kanata, Ontario to face the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre with the game scheduled to start at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday evening.

Colorado is one of the best teams in the Western Conference as they enter this game with a record of 28-13-3 and 59 points which puts them in 2^nd place in the Central Division and gives them the 3^rd best record in the conference following a 3-4 loss on the road against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday which also ended their three-game winning streak. Colorado’s success this season can be attributed to their offensive play as they enter this game averaging the 3^rd most goals per game and have the 8^th best power-play success rate in the NHL with an average of 3.69 goals per game and a power-play success rate of 25%. 

The Avalanche has also been a slightly above-average team defensively as they rank 14^th in goals allowed per game and have the 8^th-best penalty-kill percentage with an average of 3.1 goals allowed per game and an 82.88% penalty-kill percentage. Nathan MacKinnon has been one of the best players in the NHL this season as he leads the NHL in assists and is 2^nd in the league in points with 47 assists and 70 points. The Colorado Avalanche will look to bounce back following the loss against the Canadiens when they travel to face the Ottawa Senators.

The Ottawa Senators enter this game with a record of 15-23 and 30 points while having lost six of their previous seven games but are coming off a 5-4 win at home against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. The Senators are in last place in the Atlantic Division and have the worst record in the Eastern Conference this season. Ottawa has been one of the worst teams defensively in the league as they are allowing the 4^th most goals per game and have the 2^nd worst penalty-kill percentages with an average of 3.68 goals allowed per game and a 71.31% penalty-kill percentage. 

The Senators rank 14^th in the NHL in goals per game and 24^th in power-play success rate with a 16.43% power-play success rate and an average of 3.3 goals per game. Tim Sutzle has been one of the best players on the team as he leads the team in assists and points with 31 assists and 38 points. The Ottawa Senators will look to build momentum following the win against the Sharks when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday evening.

BookMaker has the Colorado Avalanche listed as -167 moneyline favorites on the road against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday evening. Colorado is 7-2-1 in the last ten and has won the previous three meetings against Ottawa. The Avalanche have won by an average margin of 1.6 goals per game over the last ten and 3.33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Colorado is the superior team in terms of talent and has been one of the best offensive teams in the league while Ottawa has been one of the worst defensive teams. The Avalanche are 7-2-1 in the last ten and have won the last three games in the series while winning by an average margin of 1.6 goals per game over the last ten and 3.33 goals per game over the previous three matchups. Take the puck line for the Colorado Avalanche at -1.5 when they travel to face the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday evening.