{"id":464766,"date":"2025-03-15T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=464766"},"modified":"2025-03-14T23:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T03:48:10","slug":"nhl-predictions-march-15-ottawa-senators-vs-toronto-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/15\/nhl-predictions-march-15-ottawa-senators-vs-toronto-maple-leafs\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: March 15 Ottawa Senators vs Toronto Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day,\u00a0Last Word on Hockey<\/em> takes a look at the games that are scheduled then offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. Today we are looking at the game between the Ottawa Senators<\/a>\u00a0vs\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/a>\u00a0Be sure to check out more\u00a0NHL Predictions<\/a>\u00a0as the 2024-25 season continues.<\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/h2>\n

Florida Panthers vs Montreal Canadiens<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Panthers 0-1 Canadiens<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong>\u00a07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> CityTV; SN East; TVAS; Scripps Florida; NHL Network<\/p>\n

We open NHL predictions with an Atlantic Division game between the Florida Panthers<\/a> and Montreal Canadiens<\/a>. Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a> is the projected starter for this game, but always check social media before locking in a daily fantasy starter. Florida in 8-2 in the last 10 games entering this matchup. Sam Bennett<\/a> has scored five goals in the last 10, including two against the Maple Leafs on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Sam Montembeault<\/a> is the confirmed starter for Montreal, which is 6-2-2 in the last 10 games. However, the Habs did lose in controversial fashion to the Seattle Kraken<\/a> in overtime. Juraj Slafkovsky<\/a> has been averaging over a point of game as of late with six goals and five assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Montreal did a shutout in the first meeting, but that was with Jakub Dobes<\/a> in net. Florida is playing well despite missing some key pieces.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Panthers win 4-2.<\/em><\/p>\n

New York Rangers vs Columbus Blue Jackets<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Rangers 2-1 Blue Jackets<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong>\u00a07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> MSG; Fan Duel Sports Ohio; ESPN+<\/p>\n

We have a big matchup for the second game of our NHL predictions as the New York Rangers<\/a> battle the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>. Igor Shesterkin<\/a> is the expected starter for New York, which is 5-3-2 in the last 10 games. Artemi Panarin<\/a> has generated 28 goals and 40 assists for the Rangers.<\/p>\n

Columbus is slated to start Daniil Tarasov<\/a> in this pivotal game. The Blue Jackets are 5-5 in the last 10 games, which includes two consecutive losses. Adam Fantilli<\/a> netted a hat trick in the last meeting between the two teams.<\/p>\n

This is a critical matchup, but Columbus stops the bleeding with a victory.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Blue Jackets win 3-2.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ottawa Senators vs Toronto Maple Leafs<\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head: Senators 2-0 Maple Leafs<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong>\u00a07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> CBC; Sportsnet; ESPN+<\/p>\n

The last game<\/a> of NHL predictions is another installment of the Battle of Ontario. Ottawa is probable to start Linus Ullmark<\/a> in the blue paint. The Senators are winners of five straight and are 6-3-1 in the last games. German sensation Tim Stutzle<\/a> has tallied 20 goals and 47 assists for Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Anthony Stolarz<\/a> is the expected starter for the Maple Leafs, who are 6-3-1 in the last 10 games. However, Toronto did suffer a 3-2 loss to Florida in its last game. Auston Matthews<\/a> is starting to get back on track with 23 goals and 33 assists for the Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

Ottawa is coming in hot, but Toronto finds a way to scratch out a win.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Maple Leafs win 3-2 in overtime.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prop Bets of the Night<\/h3>\n

We wrap up NHL predictions with some prop bets of the night. Let’s stay with our featured game for our preferred props. For Ottawa, go with Brady Tkachuk<\/a> to score a goal in this one. On the Toronto end, take John Tavares<\/a> to get the over on 0.5 assists in this one.<\/p>\n

Main photo by: Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n

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Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day,\u00a0Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are scheduled then offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups. Today we are looking at the game between the Ottawa Senators\u00a0vs\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs.\u00a0Be sure to check out more\u00a0NHL Predictions\u00a0as the 2024-25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":462465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4547,4548,4524,18],"tags":[6083,6255,6016,6122,6109,6062],"class_list":["post-464766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senators","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-nhl-predictions","category-leafs","tag-columbus-blue-jackets-predictions","tag-florida-panthers-predictions","tag-montreal-canadiens-predictions","tag-new-york-rangers-predictions","tag-ottawa-senators-predictions","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-predictions"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464767,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464766\/revisions\/464767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}