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(NHL) New Jersey vs. Ottawa,
Money Line: -130.00 Ottawa (Home)
Result: Win
T.M. Selection: Ottawa Senators.

I like the Ottawa Senators to win this game against the New Jersey Devils on Monday. The Senators are on home ice for this game and that is a major advantage for them. Besides the fact that there will only be roughly 500 fans in the building for this game, most of the players in the NHL are beginning to hate travelling to Canada for games with all of the covid restrictions they have in place since it is a major inconvenience to them. This works out for the Senators since they have been a better team on home ice this year and lately they have looked a lot better in their home games. I think they have the advantage here coming off of the long layoff, both teams will be a bit rusty at 1st but the Senators will have the comfort of not having to travel and there will be some Devils players that simply don't want to be here. I think this can help out the Senators a lot here but I also think they will win this game since the Devils have been terrible leading up to the All Star break. The Devils have lost 6 games in a row but their 2 most recent games were just embarrassing. The Devils lost B2B games against the Leafs, 1 at home 1 on the road, but the way they did it was just terrible and I can't back a team that plays like this. In the 1st of their 2 meetings the Devils had a 4-2 lead over the Leafs going into the 3rd period and the Leafs had not scored a goal in the 2nd period at all so they weren't even hot or gaining momentum in the game. The Devils collapsed in the 3rd letting the Leafs score 4 unanswered goals to win that game 6-4. Then the Devils had another chance on their home ice to redeem themselves and instead they let the Leafs plaster them 7-1 on their own home ice. I understand that both of these teams are very bad this year but I can't back a team that pulled off what the Devils did in their previous 2 games and I need to see some improvement from them before they can be trusted again. I feel much better going with the home team here who doesn't have to travel and even won their previous game at home. I like the Senators to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-1 Senators.