Chicago Blackhawks vs Ottawa Senators: Game preview, predictions and odds

Chicago Blackhawks vs Ottawa Senators: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 15, 2025

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The Chicago Blackhawks are on the road to play the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. ET.

Chicago (24-46-11) is coming off a 4-3 shootout win over Montreal. Ottawa (44-30-6) is coming off a 4-3 OT win over the Flyers.

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

Chicago is 30-10-2-2 all-time against Ottawa
The Blackhawks are averaging 2.71 goals per game
Ottawa is 26-11-2 at home
Chicago is allowing 3.56 goals per game
The Senators are averaging 2.9 goals per game
The Blackhawks are 9-26-5 on the road
Ottawa is allowing 2.78 goals per game

Chicago Blackhawks vs Ottawa Senators: Preview

Chicago will end their 2025 NHL season on Tuesday. The Blackhawks are playing the second half of a back-to-back after their shootout win over Montreal. Chicago is led by Connor Bedard, who has 64 points. Ryan Donato has 61 points, Teuvo Teravainen has 58 points, and Tyler Bertuzzi has 45 points.

The Blackhawks are set to start Spencer Knight, who's 4-8-2 with a 3.20 GAA and a .891 SV% since being traded to Chicago. In his career against Ottawa, he's 2-1 with a 3.67 GAA and a .879 SV%.

Ottawa, meanwhile, has clinched a playoff spot and doesn't have much to play for here. The Senators are set to start Anton Forsberg, who's 11-12-2 with a 2.67 GAA and a .904 SV%. In his career against Chicago, he's 1-1 with a 3.00 GAA and a .872 SV%.

The Senators are led by Tim Stutzle, who has 75 points. Drake Batherson has 64 points, Jake Sanderson has 55 points, and Claude Giroux has 50 points.

Blackhawks vs Senators: Odds & Prediction

Chicago is a +235 underdog while Ottawa is a -290 favorite, and the over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Blackhawks upset Montreal on Monday night and are playing their final game of the season here. Ottawa has clinched a playoff spot but Chicago will have some tired legs as this is a good spot for the Sens to get a big home win here in their penultimate game of the season.

Prediction: Senators 3, Blackhawks 1.

Blackhawks vs Senators: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Ottawa -1.5 (-110)

Tip 2: Under 6.5 goals (-130)

Tip 3: Dylan Cozens 3+ shots on goal (+125)

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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