Ottawa Senators (28-41-7, seventh in the Atlantic) vs. Vancouver Canucks (38-28-10, fifth in the Pacific)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT
LINE: Canucks -247, Senators +201; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: J.T. Miller and Vancouver take on Ottawa. Miller is 10th in the NHL with 91 points, scoring 29 goals and recording 62 assists.
The Canucks are 18-14-6 on their home ice. Vancouver ranks eighth in the Western Conference with 32.0 shots per game and is averaging 3.0 goals.
The Senators have gone 15-20-3 away from home. Ottawa averages 9.9 penalty minutes per game, the seventh-most in the NHL. Brady Tkachuk leads the team serving 115 total minutes.
Vancouver beat Ottawa 6-2 in the last meeting between these teams on Dec. 1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Myers leads the Canucks with a plus-19 in 75 games this season. Elias Pettersson has 11 goals over the last 10 games for Vancouver.
Mathieu Joseph leads the Senators with a plus-eight in 11 games this season. Tkachuk has five goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for Ottawa.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 7-2-1, averaging 4.2 goals, 6.6 assists, 2.8 penalties and 6.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game with a .930 save percentage.
Senators: 5-4-1, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.9 penalties and 9.7 penalty minutes while allowing three goals per game with a .906 save percentage.
INJURIES: Canucks: Tanner Pearson: out (upper body), Bo Horvat: out (lower body).
Senators: Mathieu Joseph: out (undisclosed), Colin White: out (covid-19 protocol), Matt Murray: out (neck).
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