Andrew McInnis 5% play for tonight is on the NHL game between the Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators. Game time is 7:08 PM EST. And the 5% play is the Total: OVER 6.5 (-110)
PLAY: Oilers/Senators Over 6.5
When it comes to the Ottawa Senators, you know you’re going to get some mistakes, you know you’re going to see some inexperience, and you also know you’re going to see plenty of youth; but what you’re also going to see is a complete effort until the final buzzer sounds. The Ottawa Senators have a record of 2-10-1, but the thing is, they weren’t expected to be much better. The Exciting thing about the Senators is that they are very good at turning the page and having a short memory, bringing energy every single night to their games. With young players like Tim Stutzle, Brady Tkachuk, Brake Batherson, Colin White, and many more talented players I expect to see a full effort tonight in the bounce-back spot for the Senators after losing Monday night to the Oilers 3-1.
We’ve seen 3 straight solid and respectable defensive efforts from the Ottawa Senators, two against the Montreal Canadiens and now one against the Oilers on Monday - something I simply think they won’t be able to continue to do. Sens goaltender Matt Murray finally found his mojo but he likely won’t play Tuesday in the second games of their back-to-back spot. As I said, the Senators have been playing respectable defensively but there are still be plenty of dangerous scoring opportunities they avoided that I don’t believe they’ll be able to avoid Tuesday night.
It seems to me that the Oilers are showing some signs of depth scoring, which is like seeing a solar eclipse in the NHL — When you see a name on the score sheet that doesn’t read Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl, you have to be excited. With that being said, the Senators have been able to hold off McDavid throughout their past two meetings and I feel that his speed will be just too much to handle and he will be skating circles around this young team.
I enjoy playing overs on second halves of back-to-backs, especially with teams like these two teams, simply because they have the speed, they have the talent, but they may show some fatigue which will cause some turnovers, mental mistakes, etc… I believe both teams get it going early and the shot counts are very high. We also saw a very physical game Monday night and I don’t expect anything to change from one game to the next, if we see another physical game, we should see plenty of penalties which will put two talented power plays to work.
Sit back, relax, and watch this total fly over!