Ottawa at Anaheim

You have to wonder why this line is so high. Anaheim dominated in the first two games. At home they were instilled as a small favorite in both games. Yet, here Ottawa comes out as a very large favorite (relatively). The oddsmakers are telling us something that seems hard to swallow right now: they think Ottawa is the superior team. We agree, at least tonight here at home. Let's not let two losses let us forget what the Senators have done of late. This team is still 12-5 in the playoffs and they knocked off the President's Trophy winner on the way here. In what amounts to a must-win game, we think they will come out and play inspired hockey. At home on the season they were very tough winning by an average score of 3.5 to 2.3. They have really struggled to score against the Ducks but this was the secnod-highest scoring team in the league in the regular season (288) so we don't expect them to stay down forever. We like the Senators here.