The Nashville Predators will travel to Kanata, Ontario to face the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Center with the game scheduled to start at 7:00 PM ET on Monday evening and will air on the NHL Network and Bally Sports South.

The Predators are in 5^th place in the Central Division with a record of 26-22-1 and 53 points which also puts them in 9^th place in the Western Conference, however, they have lost three of their last four games including Saturday’s 1-4 loss on the road against the Edmonton Oilers. Nashville has been a middle-of-the-pack team offensively and defensively this season as they rank 19^th in goals per game and 16^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.06 goals per game and an average of 3.08 goals allowed per game. 

The Predators have one of the worst penalty-kill units in the NHL this season as they have the 8^th worst penalty-kill percentage at 76.77%. Filip Forsberg has been one of the better players on the Predators this season as he leads the team in goals and points with 23 goals and 50 points. The Nashville Predators will look to bounce back following the road loss against the Oilers when they travel to face the Ottawa Senators.

The Ottawa Senators have been one of the worst teams in the NHL this season as they enter this game in last place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 18-25-2 and 38 points which gives them the worst record in the Eastern Conference and the 4^th worst record in the league and are on a two-game losing streak following Saturday’s 2-7 loss at home against the New York Rangers. The Senators have been one of the highest-scoring teams in the league as they are averaging the 11^th most goals per game, however, they have one of the worst power-play success rates as they rank 24^th in power-play success rate at 15.76%. 

Defensively, Ottawa has been one of the worst teams as they are allowing the 4^th most goals per game and have the 3^rd worst penalty-kill percentage with a penalty-kill percentage of 73.1% and are allowing an average of 3.59 goals per game. Tim Stutzle has been one of the better players on the team as he leads the team in assists and points with 35 assists and 45 points. The Ottawa Senators will look to end their two-game losing streak when they host the Nashville Predators on Monday evening.

BookMaker has the Ottawa Senators listed as -115 moneyline favorites at home against the Nashville Predators on Monday evening. Nashville is 6-1-3 in the last ten and has won two of the last three meetings. The Predators have won by an average margin of 1.1 goals per game over the last ten and 1 goal per game over the last three games in the series.

Nashville enters this game with the better record and has been the better team in the series, going 6-1-3 in the last ten and winning two of the last three meetings. The Predators have won by an average margin of 1.1 goals per game over the last ten and 1 goal per game over the last three games in the series. As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the Nashville Predators when they travel to face the Ottawa Senators on Monday evening.