NHL Betting Preview: Senators vs Sharks

The Ottawa Senators clash with the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Saturday, November 22.

Lots of Goals to Be Scored

There’s definitely some value to be had when the Senators and the Sharks clash. We think Over 5.5 goals could be on the cards and that is available at -133.

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Sens 5-3 Victory in Previous H2H Meeting

Ottawa Senators have triumphed in back-to-back road games. The latest saw them beat Anaheim Ducks 3-2 at Honda Center. Drake Batherson, Shane Pinto and Nick Cousins each scored one goal.

San Jose Sharks were winners last time out. Their 4-3 (SO) victory against Los Angeles Kings at SAP Center was their fourth straight home triumph. Philipp Kurashev, Ty Dellandrea and Adam Gaudette each scored one goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Sens have beaten the Sharks in the last two encounters. A 4-3 victory at SAP Center was followed by a 5-3 win at Canadian Tire Centre. The Sens have won six of the previous 10 H2H meetings.

Starting Goalies

Linus Ullmark (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-5-4	3	.877	0
23/24	22-10-5	2.57	.915	2

Yaroslav Askarov (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-5-1	3	.905	0
23/24	1-0-0	1.47	.943	0

Ottawa Senators – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 2 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 2.8 goals from 23.3 shots on goal, with a 7.9% powerplay efficiency. The Sens have been giving up 3.0 goals from 25.7 shots, averaging 3.4 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 82.4%.

Tim Stutzle is the top points scorer with 9 points, 6 goals and 3 assists, with Drake Batherson racking up 9 points, 3 goals and 6 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Linus Ullmark have a 2.91 goal against average with a .882 save percentage.

San Jose Sharks – Last 10 Games

The Sharks have 7 wins, 2 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.5 goals from 22.2 shots on goal, with a 11.8% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 1.9 goals from 32.1 shots, averaging 3.4 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 97.1%.

The top points scorer is Macklin Celebrini with 14 points, 7 goals and 7 assists, while Will Smith is next in line after registering 10 points, 3 goals and 7 assists. Goalie Yaroslav Askarov have a 1.40 GAA with a .957 SV%.

Ottawa Senators vs San Jose Sharks Prediction & Picks

Explore our best Ottawa Senators vs San Jose Sharks picks, including a main match prediction, correct score forecast and a bet builder ready to use. Scroll down for full analysis.

Game Prediction

We think betting odds of -133 are really generous when it comes to going over on the total line. The two teams can combine to keep the scoreboard ticking over in this NHL clash.

The NHL experts at Sportsgambler.com start by analyzing recent form and staying on top of injury news before making any hockey predictions. From there, we interpret the story the stats are telling to help shape our picks.

Key Senators vs Sharks stats:

The 5.5 line has been covered in 6 of the last 10 Senators games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 12 of the last 20 Senators games.
The 5.5 line has been covered in the last 2 games between these teams.

Over 5.5 Probability

The best betting sites are estimating that there is a 57.1% likelihood of this pick winning. After careful examination, our experts have this probability somewhere between 60-65%. This is why we regard this as a value wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Totals Over 5.5

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Correct Score Prediction

Senators

2 - 4 Sharks logo

Sharks

An exciting bet could be a 4-2 victory in favor of the Sharks at odds of +1800. A correct score wager provides a fun alternative and a nice potential return on the cards.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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2-0

2-1

Ottawa Senators vs San Jose Sharks 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.

Latest Odds Suggest a Close Contest

With a 62% chance of securing victory, Ottawa Senators are favorites for this game and the sportsbooks have them at betting odds of -161. San Jose Sharks are the underdogs at +134 and they’re regarded as least likely to win.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is currently 5.5. There is no denying the popularity of wagering on Totals. If you’re wanting to back Over 5.5, the odds are -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: 21/11 Senators3 Ducks 2
NHL: 16/11 Kings1 Senators 0
NHL: 14/11 Bruins3 Senators 5
NHL: 12/11 Stars3 Senators 2
NHL: 10/11 Mammoth2 Senators 4

Sharks

NHL: 21/11 Kings3 Sharks 4
NHL: 19/11 Mammoth2 Sharks 3
NHL: 16/11 Sharks1 Kraken 4
NHL: 14/11 Sharks0 Flames 2
NHL: 12/11 Sharks2 Wild 1

Head to Head

Ottawa vs San Jose

NHL: 02/03 2025 Sharks 3 Senators 5
NHL: 28/11 2024 Senators 4 Sharks 3
NHL: 10/03 2024 Senators 1 Sharks 2
NHL: 13/01 2024 Sharks 4 Senators 5
NHL: 04/12 2022 Sharks 2 Senators 5
NHL: 22/11 2022 Senators 1 Sharks 5
NHL: 25/11 2021 Senators 3 Sharks 6
NHL: 22/10 2021 Sharks 2 Senators 1
NHL: 08/03 2020 Senators 2 Sharks 1
NHL: 28/10 2019 Sharks 2 Senators 5

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Ottawa Senators Stats

San Jose Sharks Stats

Moneyline

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

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 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 8 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.90 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 7.30 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.60 pts and allowed 3.70 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 4.60 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.20 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 2 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 2.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 23.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.7
Blocks: 14
Faceoff Wins : 31.4
Hits: 24.3
Giveaways: 14.4
Takeaways: 4.9

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 25.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 11.2
Blocks: 15.1
Faceoff Wins : 33
Hits: 25.8
Giveaways: 13.8
Takeaways: 5.2

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 22.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.8
Blocks: 15.4
Faceoff Wins : 24
Hits: 18.9
Giveaways: 13.3
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.1
Shots: 25.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 5.6
Blocks: 15.2
Faceoff Wins : 25
Hits: 19.2
Giveaways: 14
Takeaways: 4.2

Team News

Ottawa Senators Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
18	Tim Stutzle	20	19.88	10	9	19	7
19	Drake Batherson	17	17.64	7	12	19	6
12	Shane Pinto	20	19.26	10	6	16	1

24	Dylan Cozens	20	17.29	7	8	15	-11
85	Jake Sanderson	20	24.24	3	11	14	0
28	Claude Giroux	20	16.71	4	10	14	4
57	David Perron	20	14.48	2	8	10	-2
2	Artyom Zub	20	19.93	2	8	10	4
72	Thomas Chabot	17	21.93	2	8	10	6
22	Michael Amadio	20	15.03	6	3	9	1
10	Jordan Spence	11	18.43	1	7	9	7
71	Ridly Greig	19	17.22	2	6	7	-1
89	Lars Eller	20	13.32	2	4	6	-3
3	Nick Jensen	20	17.88	1	4	5	-5
21	Nick Cousins	20	10.9	4	1	5	2
20	Fabian Zetterlund	20	14.19	1	3	4	-2
7	Brady Tkachuk	3	16.63	0	3	3	1
33	Nikolas Matinpalo	12	14.78	0	2	2	1
15	Olle Lycksell	6	10.32	1	0	1	-2
34	Arthur Kaliyev	2	10.6	0	1	1	0
43	Tyler Kleven	18	16.87	0	1	1	-7
83	Stephen Halliday	1	5.5	0	1	1	0
23	Kurtis MacDermid	8	4.43	0	0	0	-3
42	Hayden Hodgson	4	7.45	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
1	Leevi Merilaeinen	4	3.53	0.868
35	Linus Ullmark	16	3.01	0.877
31	Hunter Shepard	-	-	-
40	Mads Soegaard	-	-	-

San Jose Sharks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
71	Macklin Celebrini	21	20.5	13	18	31	4
2	Will Smith	21	18.1	7	13	20	5
72	William Eklund	17	19.89	5	8	13	-8

9	Dmitri Orlov	21	22.38	0	12	12	2
96	Philipp Kurashev	19	17.32	6	6	12	4
21	Alexander Wennberg	21	20.78	5	6	11	-8
73	Tyler Toffoli	21	16.5	5	6	11	2
51	Collin Graf	20	15.17	2	7	9	0
10	Ty Dellandrea	21	14.12	2	6	8	-4
53	Jeff Skinner	17	12.36	4	3	7	-4
81	Adam Gaudette	17	11.65	5	1	6	-4
3	John Klingberg	14	20.99	2	3	5	-6
38	Mario Ferraro	21	20.88	1	3	4	-2
37	Timothy Liljegren	15	20.74	0	4	4	-1
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	9	16.82	0	4	4	4
	Michael Misa	7	11.74	1	2	3	-1
5	Vincent Desharnais	17	16.35	0	2	2	2
6	Sam Dickinson	16	14.41	1	1	2	-1
75	Ryan Reaves	17	7.48	2	0	2	-3
4	Nick Leddy	9	17.51	0	2	2	-4
54	Patrick Giles	3	8.87	0	1	1	1
56	Ethan Cardwell	4	12.35	1	0	1	1
23	Barclay Goodrow	21	11.85	0	1	1	-5
	Vincent Iorio	6	16.33	0	0	0	-3
63	Zack Ostapchuk	3	9.93	0	0	0	0
30	Yaroslav Askarov	13	60.61	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	8	2.97	0.902
	Jakub Skarek	-	-	-

Injuries & Suspensions

Ottawa Senators Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Brady Tkachuk

Injured

Thomas Chabot

Injured

Ridly Greig

Injured

Nikolas Matinpalo

Injured

San Jose Sharks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Michael Misa

Injured

Ryan Ellis

Injured

Carey Price

Injured

Logan Couture

Injured

Jeff Skinner

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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Senators 3-2 Ducks

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	21	14	5	2	30	0.714	10	13	77	61	16	6-2-1	8-3-1	1-1	7-3	1W
2 New Jersey	20	13	6	1	27	0.675	8	11	62	58	4	7-0-1	6-6-0	2-0	5-5	2L
3 NY Islanders	21	12	7	2	26	0.619	9	12	69	64	5	4-3-1	8-4-1	0-2	7-3	2W
4 Pittsburgh	20	10	6	4	24	0.6	10	10	62	55	7	5-3-1	5-3-3	0-3	3-7	1L
5 Washington	21	11	8	2	24	0.571	10	11	68	57	11	6-4-1	5-4-1	0-2	5-5	3W
6 Columbus	21	11	8	2	24	0.571	6	8	65	67	-2	5-3-1	6-5-1	3-1	4-6	1W
7 Philadelphia	19	10	6	3	23	0.605	4	6	54	53	1	7-3-2	3-3-1	4-0	5-5	1W
8 NY Rangers	22	10	10	2	22	0.5	7	9	56	58	-2	1-7-1	9-3-1	1-0	5-5	3L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Boston	23	13	10	0	26	0.565	8	12	74	74	0	8-4-0	5-6-0	1-0	7-3	1W
2 Detroit	21	12	8	1	25	0.595	9	10	62	67	-5	7-4-1	5-4-0	2-0	4-6	1L
3 Tampa Bay	20	11	7	2	24	0.6	8	11	61	57	4	6-5-0	5-2-2	0-0	7-3	2W
4 Ottawa	20	10	6	4	24	0.6	7	8	67	67	0	6-3-2	4-3-2	2-0	5-5	1W
5 Florida	20	11	8	1	23	0.575	10	10	59	59	0	8-2-1	3-6-0	1-1	6-4	2W
6 Montreal	20	10	7	3	23	0.575	5	10	67	74	-7	5-5-1	5-2-2	0-2	3-7	5L
7 Toronto	21	9	9	3	21	0.5	6	9	72	77	-5	8-4-3	1-5-0	0-0	4-6	1L
8 Buffalo	21	8	9	4	20	0.476	6	7	67	74	-7	7-4-2	1-5-2	1-0	4-6	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	20	14	1	5	33	0.825	13	14	84	50	34	8-0-2	6-1-3	0-2	9-1	7W
2 Dallas	21	13	5	3	29	0.69	10	11	70	59	11	6-4-1	7-1-2	2-1	7-3	1W
3 Minnesota	22	11	7	4	26	0.591	7	9	65	64	1	7-3-3	4-4-1	2-0	8-2	4W
4 Winnipeg	20	12	8	0	24	0.6	10	11	67	56	11	6-4-0	6-4-0	1-0	5-5	1L
5 Chicago	21	10	7	4	24	0.571	9	10	69	61	8	5-3-2	5-4-2	0-1	5-5	2L
6 Utah	21	10	8	3	23	0.548	7	10	63	65	-2	5-2-1	5-6-2	0-0	2-8	4L
7 St Louis	21	6	9	6	18	0.429	6	6	57	81	-24	3-5-4	3-4-2	0-2	3-7	4L
8 Nashville	20	6	10	4	16	0.4	4	5	49	70	-21	5-5-2	1-5-2	1-0	2-8	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	21	13	7	1	27	0.643	9	12	76	66	10	7-2-0	6-5-1	1-0	6-4	1L
2 Vegas	20	10	4	6	26	0.65	9	10	64	56	8	5-3-3	5-1-3	0-1	4-6	2W
3 LA Kings	22	10	6	6	26	0.591	6	9	60	63	-3	1-4-3	9-2-3	1-4	5-5	3L
4 Seattle	20	10	5	5	25	0.625	7	10	54	56	-2	6-1-3	4-4-2	0-2	5-5	1W
5 San Jose	21	10	8	3	23	0.548	4	9	63	68	-5	6-3-3	4-5-0	1-1	7-3	2W
6 Edmonton	23	9	9	5	23	0.5	4	9	68	84	-16	5-1-2	4-8-3	0-2	3-7	3L
7 Vancouver	22	9	11	2	20	0.455	5	7	69	81	-12	3-6-1	6-5-1	2-0	3-7	2L
8 Calgary	22	6	13	3	15	0.341	5	5	51	69	-18	3-4-2	3-9-1	1-2	4-6	1W

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