Ottawa Senators vs Boston Bruins Prediction & Picks - NHL

Prediction published on 1/21/25, 7:26 PM  by Edgar Jibran | Modified on 1/23/25 at 2:27 AM in NHL Picks

Even when the NHL Atlantic Division only has 1 team in the top 4 of the Eastern Conference standings, it’ll offer such an amazing game to be disputed next Thursday, January 23rd when Boston Bruins receive Ottawa Senators at 06:00 pm CST. The main importance of this game is the frenetic battle for the seventh and eighth playoffs’ spots of the Western Conference, as there’s only 1 point gap between them and Boston.

With that in mind, it should be considered that Boston Bruins aren’t still a solid team, so even when they won 3 out of their last 5 games, they still aren’t clear contenders to battle for the Stanley Cup championship. Most of that lack of trust is due to the irregularity of their key players when attacking, so the Bruins are expected to recover the offensive punch from Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Charlie Coyle.

On Ottawa Senators’ case, this Canadian team has found some equilibrium in their offensive and defensive tactics, however they couldn’t carry on building momentum after their most recent loss against New York Rangers (5-0). In this regard, they’re forced to sum in this game to avoid losing the eighth spot within the Eastern Conference, being worth noting that this team isn’t really used to battle in this kind of game.