Ottawa Senators vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction: Will the Senators win again?

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on October 16. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

In the first game of the new championship, the team lost 3:5 on the road to Carolina, and in the matchup with Philadelphia, which also opened the home season, they needed success. In the end, the Senators confidently accomplished the task. Defenseman Jakob Chychrun scored a double in the first period, and Ottawa led 2:1. In the second period, the Senators built on their success with goals by Sanderson and Tkachuk to make the score 4:2. And in the third period, Brady Tkachuk also scored a double. 5:2 - a great win that left no doubt about Ottawa's superiority over the Flyers today.

The schedule of John Cooper's team at the start of the championship also included an exchange of victories. First, the Lightning beat Nashville 5:3 on home ice in a hard-fought game, and then they fell short against Detroit on the road. Tampa Bay consistently conceded with goalie Jonas Johansson's not-so-confident play and got back at it time after time, but still couldn't finish what they started - 4:5. The Swedish goalie, indeed, still seems to be a weak replacement for the injured Andrei Vasilevskiy. Still, the Lightning's offense has been working well so far. In the game with Nashville, we remind you: Nikita Kucherov scored a double, and in the game with Detroit, Steven Stamkos scored two goals.

In the absence of Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay is expected to have problems on the last line. The Lightning will likely concede quite a few goals in their meeting with Ottawa, given the Senators' excellent work on offense - they still need to score eight goals in games against Carolina and Philadelphia. Accordingly, we're betting on a high-scoring game, and we also believe that Ottawa will score points, as they have in their last three home meetings with Tampa Bay.