Boston at Ottawa

The Boston Bruins haven't quite started as they had hoped. So far, they have been on a win one, lose one course to start the season. This is good news as they have now won four straight after a loss, and six straight going back to the regular season a year ago. The Senators have played reasonably well to start the season, but lost their last one at home to Nashville, allowing six goals in the process. That might be bad news for them here as the Bruins have taken advantages of teams off of defensive lapses. The Bruins have been 43-21 in their last 64 games after an opponent allows five or more to slip through the net. The Bruins have also dominated the teams in the Northeast as they have gone 21-6 in their last 27. Ottawa is at the top of that list as Boston has won seven of the last eight played between these clubs. Boston gets the call here as a very live dog.