Ottawa Senators vs New Jersey Devils Prediction & Picks - NHL
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by Edgar Jibran | in NHL Picks
The 2025/26 NHL season has delivered such a disappointing performance from the New Jersey Devils, a team that was expected to easily qualify for the playoffs after having a fantastic performance during the first matchdays of the regular season. However, they currently are sitting in twelfth place in the Eastern Conference’s standings, and they aren’t even considered favorites to defeat the Ottawa Senators in their upcoming Saturday night’s game.
Most of that lack of confidence in the New Jersey Devils is based on their terrible offensive performance, as they currently are the worst offense in the Metropolitan Division with just 144 goals scored. Additionally, they haven’t been able to win any of their last three straight games in regulation time, so securing a victory on Canadian soil looks like a very difficult challenge for a team with such big issues.
As for the Ottawa Senators, this game is also expected to be a difficult challenge, because even though they were able to recently build great momentum after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights and the Colorado Avalanche, their defensive performance has been very irregular in the current season. In this regard, the Senators currently have the third-worst defense in the Atlantic Division with 176 conceded goals.
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Ottawa Senators and New Jersey Devils Latest Matches
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Ottawa Senators against New Jersey Devils : Head to Head (H2H)
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Players list
L. Ullmark
J. Reimer
J. Spence
T. Kleven
J. Sanderson
T. Chabot
A. Zub
N. Jensen
L. Eller
D. Cozens
B. Tkachuk
D. Batherson
S. Pinto
S. Halliday
R. Greig
T. Stutzle
F. Zetterlund
N. Cousins
C. Giroux
M. Amadio
J. Markstrom
J. Allen
J. Kovacevic
S. Nemec
B. Pesce
B. Dillon
D. Hamilton
J. Siegenthaler
P. Cotter
M. Tsyplakov
C. Glass
N. Hischier
D. Mercer
A. Gritsyuk
E. Dadonov
L. Glendening
T. Meier
J. Bratt
C. Brown
L. Hameenaho
Most goals and assists
Ottawa Senators
New Jersey Devils
D. Batherson
(35 Goals)
T. Stutzle
(49 Assists)
J. Bratt
(50 Assists)
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J. Hughes
(50 Assists)
Ottawa Senators - New Jersey Devils Key Points
- The New Jersey Devils ended a four-game road winning streak with their most recent 4-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken.
- The Ottawa Senators have scored five or more goals in three of their last four home games.
- The New Jersey Devils have scored four or more goals in three of their last four road meetings with the Ottawa Senators.
- The Ottawa Senators haven’t scored more than three goals in home meetings with the New Jersey Devils since their 5-4 overtime victory in April 2022.
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Our Ottawa Senators vs New Jersey Devils Prediction
Considering all this, the New Jersey Devils aren’t expected to show a dominant performance that could allow them to extend their excellent recent results when visiting Ottawa, but they are expected to put a big focus on improving their defensive performance to take advantage of the Senators’ irregularity.
To sum up, even though the Ottawa Senators were made favorites by the bookies’ odds, securing a third straight home victory has been a very uncommon scenario for them due to the lack of offensive consistency throughout the regular season. Therefore, the pick for the New Jersey Devils – Ottawa Senators is: Total Goals in the 1st Period – Over 1.5!
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