NHL Betting Preview: Senators vs Blackhawks

The Ottawa Senators meet the Chicago Blackhawks in this NHL matchup at United Center, with face-off scheduled for 20:45 on Tuesday, October 28. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Sens and Hawks to Serve Up Goals Frenzy

Generous odds of -133 look too good to miss for the Over 5.5 goal selection. The Senators and the Blackhawks have enough scoring power for this wager to win.

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Hawks Are 8 From 10 on the Head-to-Head

Ottawa Senators made it three consecutive wins after a 7-2 home success over Boston Bruins at Canadian Tire Centre. Jake Sanderson racked up 3 points, all of them were assists. Goalie Leevi Merilaeinen stopped 26 shots (.929).

Chicago Blackhawks were beaten 3-1 at United Center in their last game, being turned over at home to Los Angeles Kings. Hawks managed 23 shots and Connor Bedard recorded the only goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The scoreline was 4-3 in favor of the Hawks when they last played the Sens, with the encounter taking place at Canadian Tire Centre. In the past 10 games between the teams, the Hawks have won eight.

Starting Goalies

Linus Ullmark (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-3-1	3.1	.870	0
23/24	22-10-5	2.57	.915	2

Spencer Knight (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-2-1	2	.937	0

Ottawa Senators – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.7 goals from 29.8 shots on goal, with a 27.1% powerplay efficiency. The Sens have been giving up 3.7 goals from 25.0 shots, averaging 4.2 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 73.8%.

Shane Pinto is the top points scorer with 10 points, 8 goals and 2 assists, with Dylan Cozens recording 10 points, 6 goals and 4 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Linus Ullmark have a 3.11 goal against average with a .870 save percentage.

Chicago Blackhawks – Last 10 Games

The Hawks have 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.0 goals from 23.5 shots on goal, with a 14.0% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 2.5 goals from 30.7 shots, averaging 5.2 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 84.6%.

The top points scorer is Connor Bedard with 11 points, 5 goals and 6 assists, while Frank Nazar is next in line after registering 10 points, 5 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Spencer Knight have a 2.11 GAA with a .934 SV%.

Ottawa Senators vs Chicago Blackhawks Prediction & Picks

We dive into the best Ottawa Senators vs Chicago Blackhawks betting angles, including a key match prediction, our correct score forecast and a value-focused bet builder. Read on for the full breakdown.

Game Prediction

We’re expecting the lamp to light up multiple times in this NHL clash and that leads us to backing the -133 when it comes to going over the total line.

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Key Senators vs Blackhawks stats:

The 5.5 line has been covered in the last 4 Senators games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 15 of the last 20 Senators games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 7 of the last 10 Senators games.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 12 of the last 20 Blackhawks games at home.
The 5.5 line has been covered in the last 2 games between these teams.

Over 5.5 Probability

Looking at the latest betting odds, there’s a 57.1% likelihood of our pick delivering a return. Based on our in-depth research, we calculate the actual probability to be 60-65%. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

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Puck Line Blackhawks +1.5

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Correct Score Prediction

Senators

3 - 4 Blackhawks logo

Blackhawks

We’re going for the Blackhawks at +1150 to secure a 4-3 win. It’s exciting to bet on the correct score and this wager will hopefully be able to land a nice return.

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Ottawa Senators vs Chicago Blackhawks Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Tight Clash on the Cards According to the Books

Ottawa Senators are regarded as having a 58% chance of winning this game according to the latest betting odds. The sportsbooks have priced them up at -141. Chicago Blackhawks are regarded as a long shot to win and you can currently back them at +116.

The puck line is 1.5, with the total goals line at 5.5. A Totals bet relates to the number of goals that will be scored overall. If you want to wager Over 5.5, there are odds of -133.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Best Betting Offers

Last 5 & H2H

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Last 5 Games

Senators

NHL: 28/10 Bruins2 Senators 7
NHL: 26/10 Senators7 Capitals 1
NHL: 24/10 Flyers1 Senators 2
NHL: 22/10 Oilers3 Senators 2
NHL: 18/10 Islanders5 Senators 4

Blackhawks

NHL: 27/10 Kings3 Blackhawks 1
NHL: 24/10 Blackhawks3 Lightning 2
NHL: 20/10 Ducks1 Blackhawks 2
NHL: 18/10 Canucks3 Blackhawks 2
NHL: 16/10 Blackhawks8 Blues 3

Head to Head

Ottawa vs Chicago

NHL: 16/04 2025 Blackhawks 4 Senators 3
NHL: 06/03 2025 Senators 4 Blackhawks 3
NHL: 29/03 2024 Blackhawks 0 Senators 2
NHL: 17/02 2024 Senators 2 Blackhawks 3
NHL: 07/03 2023 Senators 0 Blackhawks 5
NHL: 18/02 2023 Blackhawks 4 Senators 3
NHL: 13/03 2022 Blackhawks 6 Senators 3
NHL: 02/11 2021 Senators 1 Blackhawks 5
NHL: 15/01 2020 Blackhawks 3 Senators 2
NHL: 19/02 2019 Senators 7 Blackhawks 8

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Ottawa Senators Stats

Chicago Blackhawks Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 9 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.80 goals and allowed 3.70 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.20 pts and allowed 3.70 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.60 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.40 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.40 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.3
Shots: 29.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.2
Blocks: 15
Faceoff Wins : 34.2
Hits: 23
Giveaways: 15.4
Takeaways: 4.5

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 31.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 5.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 13.1
Blocks: 15.5
Faceoff Wins : 30.8
Hits: 30.8
Giveaways: 13.9
Takeaways: 4.7

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 23.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 5.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 11.8
Blocks: 10.2
Faceoff Wins : 27.2
Hits: 20.7
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 5.6

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 25.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 4.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 10.4
Blocks: 10.3
Faceoff Wins : 26.3
Hits: 21
Giveaways: 16.8
Takeaways: 4.9

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Ottawa Senators Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
19	Drake Batherson	7	16.26	4	6	10	0
24	Dylan Cozens	10	17.14	6	4	10	-8
18	Tim Stutzle	10	19.54	4	6	10	1

12	Shane Pinto	10	18.9	8	2	10	3
85	Jake Sanderson	10	23.34	1	8	9	-1
28	Claude Giroux	10	15.99	2	6	8	4
72	Thomas Chabot	10	22.29	2	4	6	3
2	Artyom Zub	10	18.8	1	5	6	3
57	David Perron	10	14.24	2	4	6	-4
10	Jordan Spence	4	18.45	0	4	4	1
71	Ridly Greig	10	17.07	1	3	4	-1
89	Lars Eller	10	14.04	1	3	4	-2
20	Fabian Zetterlund	10	13.96	1	2	3	-3
3	Nick Jensen	10	18.65	0	3	3	0
21	Nick Cousins	10	11.5	2	1	3	1
7	Brady Tkachuk	3	16.63	0	3	3	1
22	Michael Amadio	10	14.76	1	1	2	0
34	Arthur Kaliyev	2	10.6	0	1	1	0
15	Olle Lycksell	4	10.13	1	0	1	1
37	Donovan Sebrango	2	15.25	0	0	0	-1
43	Tyler Kleven	8	15.99	0	0	0	-3
23	Kurtis MacDermid	4	5.48	0	0	0	-3
33	Nikolas Matinpalo	6	14.57	0	0	0	-3

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
40	Mads Soegaard	-	-	-
1	Leevi Merilaeinen	2	4.57	0.833
35	Linus Ullmark	8	3.11	0.87
31	Hunter Shepard	-	-	-

Chicago Blackhawks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
91	Frank Nazar	9	19.64	4	5	9	5
86	Teuvo Teraevaeinen	9	18.7	1	7	8	6
98	Connor Bedard	9	21.98	3	5	8	2

8	Ryan Donato	9	15.71	5	2	7	3
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	8	16.93	2	4	6	0
95	Ilya Mikheyev	9	17.79	3	2	5	5
73	Lukas Reichel	7	11.69	2	2	4	-2
28	Andre Burakovsky	8	17.01	2	2	4	-3
6	Sam Rinzel	9	20.63	1	2	3	2
55	Artyom Levshunov	8	14.98	0	2	2	3
46	Louis Crevier	8	11.8	1	1	2	3
43	Alex Vlasic	8	21.75	0	2	2	-1
17	Nick Foligno	6	14.87	0	2	2	-3
16	Jason Dickinson	6	14.73	1	1	2	2
44	Wyatt Kaiser	9	19.64	0	2	2	3
28	Colton Dach	9	13.51	0	2	2	-4
	Matt Grzelcyk	9	14.8	0	1	1	6
20	Ryan Greene	9	11.59	1	0	1	0
84	Landon Slaggert	3	9.93	0	0	0	-1
24	Sam Lafferty	2	6.4	0	0	0	-1
5	Connor Murphy	9	16.17	0	0	0	-3
38	Ethan Del Mastro	1	17.6	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
30	Spencer Knight	6	1.97	0.937
40	Arvid Soederblom	3	3.01	0.888

Injuries & Suspensions

Ottawa Senators Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Brady Tkachuk

Injured

Chicago Blackhawks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Shea Weber

Injured

Laurent Brossoit

Injured

Tyler Bertuzzi

Injured

Ilya Mikheyev

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Ottawa Senators Lineups

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Bruins 2-7 Senators

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	9	8	1	0	16	0.889	7	8	35	22	13	5-0-0	3-1-0	0-0	8-1	8W
2 Pittsburgh	10	7	2	1	15	0.75	7	7	38	27	11	3-1-1	4-1-0	0-1	7-3	1W
3 Carolina	8	6	2	0	12	0.75	3	5	31	22	9	2-0-0	4-2-0	1-0	6-2	1L
4 Washington	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	5	6	27	21	6	3-3-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-3	1L
5 NY Islanders	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	4	4	30	28	2	3-2-0	1-1-1	0-1	4-4	1L
6 Philadelphia	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	2	3	23	21	2	4-1-0	0-2-1	1-0	4-4	1W
7 Columbus	8	4	4	0	8	0.5	3	3	25	25	0	1-3-0	3-1-0	1-0	4-4	1W
8 NY Rangers	10	3	5	2	8	0.4	3	3	22	26	-4	0-4-1	3-1-1	0-0	3-7	3L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	4	7	36	30	6	3-1-0	4-2-0	0-0	7-3	1W
2 Detroit	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	5	6	30	29	1	5-1-0	1-2-0	0-0	6-3	1W
3 Ottawa	10	5	4	1	11	0.55	4	4	38	37	1	3-2-1	2-2-0	1-0	5-5	3W
4 Florida	10	5	5	0	10	0.5	5	5	25	28	-3	4-1-0	1-4-0	0-0	5-5	1W
5 Buffalo	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	4	4	27	27	0	4-2-0	0-2-1	0-0	4-5	1L
6 Toronto	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	2	4	31	33	-2	4-2-1	0-2-0	0-0	4-5	1W
7 Tampa Bay	9	3	4	2	8	0.444	2	3	24	28	-4	2-3-0	1-1-2	0-0	3-6	2W
8 Boston	11	4	7	0	8	0.364	3	4	34	42	-8	3-3-0	1-4-0	0-0	3-7	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Utah	10	8	2	0	16	0.8	6	8	37	24	13	4-0-0	4-2-0	0-0	8-2	7W
2 Colorado	10	5	1	4	14	0.7	5	5	33	26	7	2-0-2	3-1-2	0-2	5-5	4L
3 Winnipeg	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	6	6	30	22	8	3-3-0	3-0-0	0-0	6-3	1L
4 Dallas	9	5	3	1	11	0.611	4	4	28	30	-2	2-2-1	3-1-0	1-0	5-4	2W
5 Chicago	9	4	3	2	10	0.556	3	4	26	23	3	2-2-1	2-1-1	0-1	4-5	1L
6 Nashville	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	3	3	26	32	-6	3-2-1	1-2-1	1-0	4-6	1L
7 Minnesota	10	3	5	2	8	0.4	2	2	28	39	-11	1-2-1	2-3-1	1-0	3-7	3L
8 St Louis	9	3	5	1	7	0.389	3	3	27	39	-12	1-3-1	2-2-0	0-0	3-6	4L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	9	5	1	3	13	0.722	4	5	31	25	6	3-0-1	2-1-2	0-1	5-4	2L
2 Seattle	9	5	2	2	12	0.667	3	5	25	25	0	3-0-0	2-2-2	0-1	5-4	2W
3 LA Kings	10	4	3	3	11	0.55	1	3	29	33	-4	0-2-1	4-1-2	1-2	4-6	1W
4 Vancouver	10	5	5	0	10	0.5	3	4	29	31	-2	2-2-0	3-3-0	1-0	5-5	1W
5 Edmonton	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	3	4	29	32	-3	2-0-1	2-4-1	0-1	4-6	2L
6 Anaheim	8	4	3	1	9	0.563	3	4	29	29	0	1-1-0	3-2-1	0-0	4-4	1L
7 San Jose	9	2	5	2	6	0.333	0	2	29	42	-13	0-2-2	2-3-0	0-0	2-7	1W
8 Calgary	10	2	7	1	5	0.25	1	1	21	35	-14	1-3-1	1-4-0	1-0	2-8	1W

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NHL Betting Preview: Senators vs Blackhawks

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Ottawa Senators vs Chicago Blackhawks Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Over 5.5 Probability

Best Bet

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Ottawa Senators vs Chicago Blackhawks Odds

Tight Clash on the Cards According to the Books

Last 5 & H2H

Head to Head

Team News

Injuries & Suspensions

Ottawa Senators Injury Table

Chicago Blackhawks Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Ottawa Senators Lineups

Previous Chicago Blackhawks Lineups

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