Red Hot Senators -135 Road Favorites At Canadiens in Tuesday NHL Picks

• What: Tuesday NHL Picks
• Who: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens
• When: Tuesday, March 18, 7:00 p.m.

The Tuesday NHL picks are pitting two of the hottest teams in the Eastern Conference Wild Card playoff race against each other. The Ottawa Senators are winners of six in a row and are 7-2-1 in the past 10 games. Meanwhile, the Montreal Canadiens are winners of one in a row, but 7-1-2 over their past 10 outings.

Oddsmakers are going with the visitors in this matchup. Ottawa is a -135 away favorite at Montreal.

Let's look at the latest betting line on this game. Odds are subject to change.

	Puck Line	Moneyline	Total
Ottawa Senators	-1.5 (+195)	-135	O 5.5 (-122)
Montreal Canadiens	+1.5 (-235)	+115	U 5.5 (+102)

The Canadiens have won four straight games at home. Ottawa is 2-0-2 over the club's past four road games.

There are nine NHL games on the agenda during a relatively busy Tuesday night of action. This is one of the games that we think provides the best bets of the night in the NHL picks.

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Senators vs Canadiens Betting Trends

The Canadiens have won both meetings with the Senators so far this season. Prior to that, though, Ottawa had won nine in row over Montreal. On home ice, the Canadiens are 1-4 straight up in their last five times playing host to the Senators.

The Senators are 6-0 SU through their past six games and 5-0 SU over their last five contests facing Eastern Conference squads. Playing games within the Atlantic Division, Ottawa is 3-0 SU since a 5-2 loss to Montreal on Feb. 22.

The Canadiens are 7-3 SU in their past 10 games. Montreal is also 4-1 SU over its last five home games. Against Atlantic Division opponents, the Habs are 4-0 SU in the last four games.

The over is 5-2 in the last seven games between Ottawa and Montreal. At the Bell Centre, the under is 8-4-1 in the past 13 games between the two clubs.

Thirteen of Ottawa's last 16 games have hit on the over. As well, the over is 7-1 in the last eight road games played by the Senators. And five of Ottawa's last seven games facing Atlantic Division opposition have also gone over.

The over is 8-6 in Montreal's last 14 games. On home ice, five of Montreal's last eight games have gone under.

Ottawa is 20-13-4 SU as a betting favorite this season. The Senators are 16-18 against the puck line as an away team. At home, Montreal is 17-15 against the puck line. The Canadiens are 26-31-7 SU as the underdog in the betting line.

Unique Streak Available To Senators

Not only would Ottawa win a seventh straight game with a victory over Montreal, the Senators would become the first NHL team to win six games in a row with one win against each of the so-called Original Six teams since 1971.

Goaltender Linus Ullmark is expected to start and he's won each of the previous five games in this unique run of success. However, Ullmark shows a 6.14 goals-against average and a .780 save percentage against the Canadiens this season.

As mentioned on today's show, in his last 7 games Linus Ullmark is 6-0-1 and has stopped 199/218 shots with a SV% of .912% #Gosensgo #Nhl #icehockey pic.twitter.com/4PhnSoUL8j

— Coming In Hot (@ComingInHotSens) March 17, 2025

The Senators have outscored opponents 25-12 during these six straight wins. Ottawa defenseman Nick Jensen (lower-body injury) is expected to be out. He missed Saturday's win over Toronto. Ottawa forward Tim Stutzle has collected 5-18-23 totals during an 18-game points streak. He’s been good for five goals and six assists in his last six games against the Canadiens.

Canadiens Seeking To Climb Into Playoff Spot

Montreal sits one point out of the second Eastern Conference Wild Card playoff spot. Canadiens forward Cole Caufield has seven goals with five assists over the past 10 games. He's scored 10 goals in 12 career games against Ottawa. Montreal winger Juraj Slafkovsky has collected six points over the past three games. He's accounted for a goal and two assists against the Senators this season.

Cole Caufield’s stick is labeled with “ELOC” which is Cole backwards, and the nickname that Johnny Gaudreau gave him ❤️

(h/t @prostockhockey) pic.twitter.com/05epndjFzh

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) March 17, 2025

Montreal goalie Sam Montembeault is showing a 1.93 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage during his current 6-1-1 stretch. He’s stopped 49 of 52 shots in two games facing Ottawa this season.

Ottawa vs Montreal NHL Picks

The last time the Senators faced the Canadiens was Feb. 22. Ottawa played host to Montreal riding a five-game home-ice win streak - and was throttled 5-2.

Montreal Canadiens To defeat Ottawa Senators

+115

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Montreal's has had Ottawa's number this season. The Canadiens have outscored the Senators 9-3 in two victories. Go with the Canadiens as +115 home underdogs in the Tuesday NHL picks.