Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators: Game preview, predictions and odds

Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 11, 2025

Modified Apr 11, 2025 11:00 GMT

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The Montreal Canadiens are on the road to face off with the Ottawa Senators on Friday at 7 p.m. ET.

They are coming off different results on Tuesday as Montreal (39-30-9) won 4-1 over Detroit while Ottawa (42-30-6) lost 5-2 to Columbus.

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

Montreal is 84-65-5-16 all-time against Ottawa
The Canadiens are averaging 3 goals per game
Ottawa is 24-11-2 at home
Montreal is allowing 3.2 goals per game
The Senators are averaging 2.85 goals per game
The Canadiens are 17-18-4 on the road
Ottawa is allowing 2.79 goals per game

Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators: Preview

Montreal is holding onto the second wild-card spot but could catch Ottawa for the top spot. The team is led by Nick Suzuki's 86 points, Cole Caufield's 67 points, Lane Hutson's 64 points and Juraj Slafkovsky's 48 points.

The Canadiens are set to start Sam Montembeault who is 30-23-6 with a 2.81 GAA and a .901 SV%. In his career against Ottawa, he is 3-3 with a 3.05 GAA and a .891 SV%.

Meanwhile, Ottawa saw its three-game winning streak snapped by the Blue Jackets. The Senators are set to start Linus Ullmark who is 23-14-3 with a 2.68 GAA and a .911 SV%. In his career against Montreal, he is 3-4 with a 3.53 GAA and a .869 SV%.

They are led by Tim Stutzle who has 72 points, Drake Batherson with 62 points, Brady Tkachuk with 55 points and Jake Sanderson with 54 points.

Canadiens vs Senators: Odds & Prediction

Montreal is a +155 underdog while Ottawa is a -188 favorite. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

Ottawa should get the win at home as Ullmark and the team have been playing better. The Senators are solid at home this season and they will edge out a victory.

Prediction: Senators 4, Canadiens 2.

Canadiens vs Senators: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Ottawa ML (-188)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-122)

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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