San Jose Sharks at Ottawa Senators 12/1/18 - NHL Betting Odds & Picks
San Jose Sharks vs. Ottawa Senators
NHL: 1:00 PM EST
Dec. 01, 2018
TV: ESPN+
Latest Odds : SJ -163 Total 6
The Sharks are the proud owners of 3 straight losses. What is really bad is the losses have come against teams that have been seen as having a great defense on the year and that really showed up. The Sharks should be a little bit on the happy side coming into this game here as the Sharks have been able to get goals scored quite a bit against the bad defenses on the year.
The Sharks have been able to come into this game here with 3.08 goals a game being scored, but the defense for the Sharks is giving up the exact same amount of goals at 3.08 being allowed. The Sharks have converted on the power play at a rate of 22.4%, but have killed off 86.1%.
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Ottawa seems to have found out that they can play defense on the year as they have won the last 2 games and they have been against teams that have been able to play at a decent level on the season in the Rangers, but the Flyers offense has been somewhat suspect at times this year. The Senators offense has been the main reason the Senators have picked up wins on the season as the defense is downright horrible.
The Senators offense has managed to score at a rate of 3.54 goals a game, but the defense has allowed 4.12 goals a game. When it comes to the power play the Senators have converted at 22.6%, but have killed off 70.1%.
Recent Betting Trends:
Sharks are 1-4 in their last 5 overall.
Senators are 5-1 in their last 6 Saturday games.
Over is 6-2 in Sharks last 8 road games.
Over is 4-0-1 in Senators last 5 vs. Pacific.
Free Betting Pick: Ottawa Senators +153
The Sharks may be the better team overall and have been able to control the poorly rated defensive teams, the Senators have found defense in the past couple of games and that is going to make the difference in this game as the Senators are able to continue to play defense at a very high level and bring home the win over the Sharks whose offense has been missing in some games lately. Final Score, Ottawa Senators win 4-3.