Carolina Hurricanes vs Ottawa Senators: Game preview, predictions and odds

Carolina Hurricanes vs Ottawa Senators: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 17, 2025

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The Carolina Hurricanes are on the road to play the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. ET.

Carolina (47-29-5) is coming off a 4-2 loss to Montreal on Wednesday. Ottawa (44-30-7) is coming off a 4-3 OT loss to Chicago.

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

Carolina is 65-40-8-5 all-time against Ottawa
The Hurricanes are averaging 3.22 goals per game
Ottawa is 26-11-3 at home
Carolina is allowing 2.75 goals per game
The Sens are averaging 2.9 goals per game
The Hurricanes are 16-20-4 on the road
Ottawa is allowing 2.8 goals per game

Carolina Hurricanes vs Ottawa Senators: Preview

Carolina is coming off a 4-2 loss to Montreal and is on a two-game losing streak but are locked into the second spot in the Metro. The Hurricanes are led by Sebastian Aho, who has 74 points, Seth Jarvis has 67 points, Andrei Svechnikov has 46 points, and Shayne Gostisbehere has 44 points.

The Hurricanes are expected to start Frederik Andersen, who's 13-7-1 with a 2.29 GAA and a .907 SV%. In his career against Ottawa, he's 11-7-4 with a 3.21 GAA and a .893 SV%.

Ottawa, meanwhile, will play Toronto in the playoffs as they snapped their drought. The Senators are led by Tim Stutzle, who has 76 points, Drake Batherson has 65 points, Jake Sanderson has 55 points, and Brady Tkachuk has 55 points.

The Senators will start Anton Forsberg, who's 11-12-3 with a 2.72 GAA and a .901 SV%. In his career against the Hurricanes, he's 3-4 with a 3.59 GAA and a .901 SV%.

Hurricanes vs Senators: Odds & Prediction

Carolina is a +105 underdog while Ottawa is a -125 favorite, and the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Hurricanes are on a back-to-back, and neither team has anything to play for and will likely rest some key players here.

However, Carolina will have some tired legs as Ottawa will get the home win here to enter the playoffs on a high note.

Prediction: Senators 3, Hurricanes 2.

Hurricanes vs Senators: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Ottawa ML (-125)

Tip 2: Under 5.5 goals (+100)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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