Ottawa at Florida

Five straight wins for Ottawa here while Florida has lost four of their last five. Ottawa has won the last five in a row in this matchup and eight in a row here in Florida. The latest Ottawa victory was a 6-3 beating on December 5th. Florida is now 5-18 vs. teams they have lost to earlier this season including 2-14 if the opponent scored 4+ goals on them. That tightens to 0-8 if the opponent scored 5 or more goals. Against cream of the crop teams like Ottawa, Florida is absolutely horrible. Road favorites playing an opponent coming- off a road loss against a division rival are 34-5 (87%) in March games since 1996. And, road favorites of -200 to -300 that average 3+ more shots on goal/game than their oppponents are 43-6 (88%) over the last five seasons in the 2nd half of the season. Ottawa averages 34 SOG per game while their opponents average just 28. The Senators are averaging 4.4 goals per game over their last five. Ottawa to roll here for two stars.