Boston at Ottawa

Boston has had a nice start to the new year, a red-hot January and now a stretch winning four of five. Defense has keyed the surge, #10 in the NHL in goals allowed. Daniel Paille scored twice, including once short-handed, and Brad Marchand also had a short-handed goal to lift Boston to a 5-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday, less than 24 hours after an emotional comeback victory over Philly 3-2. Boston, clinging to the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff spot, improved to 5-1-1 in its last seven games. Boston is 7-3-5 UNDER the total against the Eastern Conference. The Bruins face an Ottawa team in a tough situational spot, with the Senators at 6-13 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation. Ottawa is a decent defensive team, #16 in goals allowed and #10 in penalty killing. The Bruins are 28-10 in the last 38 meetings, including 16-5 at Ottawa, so look for a low-scoring game and back the visitors. Take Boston and the game total UNDER.