Ottawa Senators vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction: Expect a lot of pucks

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on March 25. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Ottawa looked like a very ambitious team last season, and although they didn't make it to the playoffs, they were actively progressing and intended to accomplish big things in the near future. Alas, the current regular season didn't prove it. From the very beginning of the championship, they started losing points and, therefore, quickly dropped out of the ranks of real contenders for cup spots. The equator of March was very productive for them; they won three times in a row, but before that, they had a 7-match losing streak, and then they lost three games out of the last four. As a result, the team is now only 14th in the Eastern Conference standings.

Edmonton is another team that started the current regular season very poorly. However, they managed to cope quickly with the crisis, thanks to the change of head coach. Now, the cup positions of the Oilers are not threatened, but they are actively climbing towards the group of league leaders. Moreover, not so long ago, they gave away a 16-match winning streak, which became a record in the history of the club. Now, the Blue and Orange are in good form. In the previous six games, they only once went scoreless, losing to Toronto 3:6; once again, they lost to Colorado in overtime 2:3, and four more times, they won, sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference standings.

Ottawa and Edmonton are opponents of completely different levels of skill and ambition. For the Senators, the season is almost over; they are hopeless league underdogs, so they have only three weeks to play, after which they will hastily go on holiday. The Oilers are in a much more interesting situation, they are still fighting for the highest seeding in order to have a favorable position in the playoffs, and now they are in great shape. In the last six games, the Blue and Orange have scored 9 out of 12 possible points.

We have a right to expect high performance from the upcoming confrontation. Ottawa has been playing fun and open in all recent games, and the Senators have scored and conceded a total of 31 pucks (7.75 average per game) in the four previous battles, which is a high figure in itself. In addition, in the last nine head-to-head meetings, the Oilers have sent 41 pucks into the Redblacks' net (4.56 per game average).