NHL Betting Preview: Senators vs Canadiens

The Ottawa Senators clash with the Montreal Canadiens in this NHL matchup at Bell Centre, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Saturday, November 1. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

There’s a Case for Backing Canadiens

We are going to bet against the Senators with our prediction. The best way of doing this is by siding with the home team and we really like the -122 about the Canadiens winning on the Moneyline.

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7 Sens Victories in Previous 10 H2H Clashes

Ottawa Senators won their previous game which was at home. It was a 4-3 (SO) triumph at Canadian Tire Centre against Calgary Flames. Artyom Zub, Jake Sanderson and Lars Eller scored one goal each.

Montreal Canadiens have triumphed in back-to-back games. The latest of these was on the road where Seattle Kraken were beaten 4-3 (OT) at Climate Pledge Arena. Cole Caufield scored twice, with Juraj Slafkovsky and Alex Newhook netting one goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The last head-to-head saw the Sens claim a 5-2 win over the Habs at Canadian Tire Centre. The Sens have triumphed in seven of the previous 10 clashes between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Linus Ullmark (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	5-4-1	3.4	.863	0
23/24	22-10-5	2.57	.915	2

Sam Montembeault (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	2-3-0	3.9	.842	0
23/24	16-15-9	3.14	.903	0

Ottawa Senators – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.6 goals from 29.7 shots on goal, with a 24.0% powerplay efficiency. The Sens have been giving up 3.7 goals from 25.3 shots, averaging 3.9 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 76.9%.

Drake Batherson is the top points scorer with 13 points, 4 goals and 9 assists, with Tim Stutzle racking up 12 points, 5 goals and 7 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Linus Ullmark have a 2.95 goal against average with a .878 save percentage.

Montreal Canadiens – Last 10 Games

The Habs have 8 wins and 2 losses, averaging 3.8 goals from 25.2 shots on goal, with a 22.0% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 2.8 goals from 26.6 shots, averaging 4.4 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 79.6%.

The top points scorer is Nick Suzuki with 16 points, 2 goals and 14 assists, while Cole Caufield is next best after registering 13 points, 9 goals and 4 assists. Goalie Jakub Dobes have a 1.97 GAA with a .930 SV%.

Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction & Picks

This Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens betting guide features sharp analysis across major markets, including a match prediction, correct score bet, valuable player prop picks and a strategic bet builder.

Game Prediction

There are lots of reasons to support the pick that Montreal Canadiens will win this NHL encounter. Therefore, we’re heading to the Moneyline where you can get -122.

We keep a close eye on the NHL team news and our handicappers stay sharp by tracking the latest form and lineups. You’ll also find a full set of stats that offer valuable insight and help shape smarter hockey predictions ahead of the action.

Key Senators vs Canadiens stats:

Canadiens have won 4 of their last 5 games.
Canadiens have won 8 of their last 10 games.
Canadiens have won 2 consecutive games.
Senators have lost 7 of their last 10 games on the road.
Senators have lost 12 of their last 20 games on the road.

Canadiens Moneyline Probability

The top betting apps make it a 54.9% chance that our pick is settled as a winner. Based on our in-depth research, we calculate the actual probability to be closer to 60%. It’s the reason why we are recommending this hockey bet.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Nick Suzuki Over 0.5 Assists -161

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens) has had at least one assist in 8 of the past 10 games. Using this stat, we can therefore back him at -161 when it comes to a Player Assists bet which looks like a value pick.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Moneyline Canadiens

To Score Juraj Slafkovsky

Assists Nick Suzuki Over 0.5

Get in the game with a same game parlay. Our picks are the Canadiens on the moneyline, Juraj Slafkovsky (Canadiens) to score and Nick Suzuki (Canadiens) to have Over 0.5 assists.

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Correct Score Prediction

Senators

2 - 5 Canadiens logo

Canadiens

A potentially entertaining bet is going for the Canadiens to win by a 5-2 scoreline. At odds of +1500, there’s the chance to get a handsome return should this wager win.

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Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens 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

Montreal Canadiens are available at Moneyline odds of -122, while opponents Ottawa Senators can be backed at +102. The probability of the home team winning this game is 55% according to the sportsbooks.

The puck line stands at 1.5 and the total goals line is 6.5. A Totals bet relates to the number of goals that will be scored overall. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 6.5 at -100.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Cole Caufield Favorite to Light the Lamp First

Cole Caufield is favorite to be First Goalscorer at +1000. If you want to back him to score the last goal, you can get similar odds.

Player Goals

Cole Caufield (Canadiens)

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens)

Drake Batherson (Senators)

Tim Stützle (Senators)

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Player Assists

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens)

Lane Hutson (Canadiens)

Cole Caufield (Canadiens)

Tim Stützle (Senators)

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Player Shots

Cole Caufield (Canadiens)

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens)

Drake Batherson (Senators)

Tim Stützle (Senators)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Senators

NHL: 31/10 Flames3 Senators 4
NHL: 29/10 Senators3 Blackhawks 7
NHL: 28/10 Bruins2 Senators 7
NHL: 26/10 Senators7 Capitals 1
NHL: 24/10 Flyers1 Senators 2

Canadiens

NHL: 29/10 Canadiens4 Kraken 3
NHL: 26/10 Canadiens4 Canucks 3
NHL: 24/10 Canadiens5 Oilers 6
NHL: 23/10 Canadiens2 Flames 1
NHL: 21/10 Sabres2 Canadiens 4

Head to Head

Ottawa vs Montreal

NHL: 12/04 2025 Canadiens 2 Senators 5
NHL: 19/03 2025 Senators 3 Canadiens 6
NHL: 23/02 2025 Canadiens 5 Senators 2
NHL: 13/10 2024 Senators 1 Canadiens 4
NHL: 14/04 2024 Canadiens 4 Senators 5
NHL: 24/01 2024 Senators 4 Canadiens 1
NHL: 19/01 2024 Canadiens 2 Senators 6
NHL: 26/02 2023 Senators 5 Canadiens 2
NHL: 01/02 2023 Senators 5 Canadiens 4
NHL: 29/01 2023 Canadiens 0 Senators 5

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Ottawa Senators Stats

Montreal Canadiens Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

8 wins and 2 defeats in the last 10 games
7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 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 7.20 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 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 3.10 pts and allowed 4.10 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.60 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.60 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.80 goals and allowed 2.80 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.2
Shots: 29.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 8.8
Blocks: 14.7
Faceoff Wins : 35.3
Hits: 21.4
Giveaways: 15.1
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 30.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 5.3
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 13
Blocks: 15.7
Faceoff Wins : 31.3
Hits: 31.3
Giveaways: 13.8
Takeaways: 4.4

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 25.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 10.2
Blocks: 13.5
Faceoff Wins : 28.5
Hits: 18.3
Giveaways: 13.3
Takeaways: 4

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 25.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.4
Penalty Minutes: 8.5
Blocks: 13.7
Faceoff Wins : 27.3
Hits: 26
Giveaways: 15.2
Takeaways: 3.2

Team News

Ottawa Senators Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
19	Drake Batherson	9	16.97	4	9	13	3
18	Tim Stutzle	12	19.8	5	8	13	3
85	Jake Sanderson	12	23.7	3	8	11	-1

12	Shane Pinto	12	18.99	8	3	11	2
24	Dylan Cozens	12	17.21	6	4	10	-10
28	Claude Giroux	12	16.28	2	6	8	2
2	Artyom Zub	12	18.83	2	6	8	3
72	Thomas Chabot	12	22.73	2	5	7	3
57	David Perron	12	14.52	2	4	6	-6
89	Lars Eller	12	14.11	2	4	6	-2
10	Jordan Spence	5	17.8	0	5	5	2
71	Ridly Greig	12	17.03	1	3	4	-2
7	Brady Tkachuk	3	16.63	0	3	3	1
20	Fabian Zetterlund	12	13.75	1	2	3	-4
3	Nick Jensen	12	18.46	0	3	3	-1
21	Nick Cousins	12	11.48	2	1	3	3
22	Michael Amadio	12	14.7	2	1	3	-1
33	Nikolas Matinpalo	7	14.67	0	1	1	-3
34	Arthur Kaliyev	2	10.6	0	1	1	0
15	Olle Lycksell	5	10.44	1	0	1	-2
37	Donovan Sebrango	2	15.25	0	0	0	-1
43	Tyler Kleven	10	15.61	0	0	0	-4
23	Kurtis MacDermid	5	4.84	0	0	0	-3

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
40	Mads Soegaard	-	-	-
1	Leevi Merilaeinen	2	4.57	0.833
35	Linus Ullmark	10	3.36	0.863
31	Hunter Shepard	-	-	-

Montreal Canadiens Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Nick Suzuki	11	20.31	2	14	16	9
13	Cole Caufield	11	18.31	9	4	13	7
48	Lane Hutson	11	22.6	1	9	10	3

93	Ivan Demidov	11	13.85	2	7	9	2
15	Alex Newhook	11	14.9	4	4	8	6
91	Oliver Kapanen	11	12.4	4	3	7	1
53	Noah Dobson	11	22.59	1	6	7	2
20	Juraj Slafkovsky	11	18.24	5	1	6	4
76	Zachary Bolduc	11	13.34	4	2	6	-1
11	Brendan Gallagher	11	13.65	0	6	6	1
8	Mike Matheson	11	24.87	3	3	6	6
45	Alexandre Carrier	11	18.37	1	4	5	-3
77	Kirby Dach	8	13.58	1	2	3	0
71	Jake Evans	11	16.26	1	1	2	-5
17	Josh Anderson	11	15.06	1	1	2	-2
47	Jayden Struble	7	15.04	0	2	2	3
21	Kaiden Guhle	5	19.24	1	1	2	1
72	Arber Xhekaj	10	10.62	0	1	1	-2
92	Patrik Laine	5	12.76	0	1	1	-3
90	Joe Veleno	6	11.05	0	0	0	-2
62	Owen Beck	2	8.35	0	0	0	-1
89	Joshua Roy	1	8	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
75	Jakub Dobes	6	1.97	0.93
35	Sam Montembeault	5	3.82	0.842

Injuries & Suspensions

Ottawa Senators Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Brady Tkachuk

Injured

Montreal Canadiens Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Kaiden Guhle

Injured

Patrik Laine

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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Flames 3-4 Senators

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Pittsburgh	12	8	2	2	18	0.75	8	8	44	31	13	3-1-1	5-1-1	0-2	6-4	1W
2 New Jersey	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	7	8	41	35	6	5-0-0	3-3-0	0-0	8-2	2L
3 Carolina	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	4	6	40	30	10	3-1-0	4-2-0	1-0	7-3	1W
4 Philadelphia	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	3	4	30	24	6	6-1-0	0-2-1	2-0	6-4	3W
5 Columbus	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	4	5	35	31	4	2-3-0	4-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
6 Washington	11	6	5	0	12	0.545	5	6	28	25	3	3-4-0	3-1-0	0-0	6-4	3L
7 NY Rangers	12	5	5	2	12	0.5	4	5	28	29	-1	0-4-1	5-1-1	0-0	4-6	2W
8 NY Islanders	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	37	40	-3	3-2-0	2-3-1	0-1	5-5	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	4	8	40	33	7	3-1-0	5-2-0	0-0	8-2	2W
2 Detroit	12	8	4	0	16	0.667	6	7	41	39	2	5-1-0	3-3-0	1-0	7-3	1L
3 Ottawa	12	6	5	1	13	0.542	4	4	45	47	-2	4-2-1	2-3-0	2-0	5-5	1W
4 Tampa Bay	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	3	5	31	31	0	3-3-0	2-1-2	0-0	5-5	4W
5 Boston	13	6	7	0	12	0.462	4	6	43	47	-4	5-3-0	1-4-0	0-0	3-7	2W
6 Florida	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	27	31	-4	4-1-1	1-4-0	0-1	4-6	1L
7 Buffalo	11	4	4	3	11	0.5	4	4	33	35	-2	4-2-1	0-2-2	0-0	4-6	3L
8 Toronto	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	3	5	38	42	-4	5-2-1	0-3-0	0-0	4-6	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	12	7	1	4	18	0.75	7	7	45	32	13	3-0-2	4-1-2	0-2	5-5	2W
2 Winnipeg	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	7	8	40	28	12	4-3-0	4-0-0	0-0	8-2	2W
3 Utah	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	6	8	40	30	10	4-0-0	4-3-0	0-0	8-2	1L
4 Dallas	11	6	3	2	14	0.636	5	5	30	32	-2	3-2-1	3-1-1	1-0	5-5	1L
5 Chicago	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	4	5	36	32	4	3-2-1	2-2-1	0-1	5-5	1L
6 Nashville	12	4	6	2	10	0.417	3	3	29	41	-12	3-3-1	1-3-1	1-0	3-7	3L
7 Minnesota	12	3	6	3	9	0.375	2	2	32	47	-15	1-3-2	2-3-1	1-0	2-8	5L
8 St Louis	11	3	6	2	8	0.364	3	3	32	48	-16	1-4-2	2-2-0	0-1	3-7	6L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	11	6	2	3	15	0.682	5	6	39	32	7	3-1-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1L
2 LA Kings	12	5	3	4	14	0.583	2	4	36	40	-4	0-2-2	5-1-2	1-3	4-6	1L
3 Anaheim	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	4	5	37	33	4	2-1-0	4-2-1	1-0	6-4	2W
4 Seattle	10	5	2	3	13	0.65	3	5	28	29	-1	3-0-1	2-2-2	0-1	5-5	1L
5 Edmonton	12	5	4	3	13	0.542	4	5	38	39	-1	3-0-2	2-4-1	0-1	4-6	1L
6 Vancouver	12	6	6	0	12	0.5	3	4	33	36	-3	2-3-0	4-3-0	2-0	5-5	1W
7 San Jose	11	3	6	2	8	0.364	1	3	37	48	-11	1-3-2	2-3-0	0-0	3-7	1W
8 Calgary	12	2	8	2	6	0.25	1	1	27	43	-16	1-3-1	1-5-1	1-1	1-9	2L

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NHL Betting Preview: Senators vs Canadiens

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Starting Goalies

Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Canadiens Moneyline Probability

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Player Prop Picks

Latest Nick Suzuki Player Prop Odds

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Correct Score Prediction

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Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens Odds

Tight Clash on the Cards According to the Books

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Micro Betting

Last 5 & H2H

Head to Head

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Injuries & Suspensions

Ottawa Senators Injury Table

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Previous Ottawa Senators Lineups

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