{"id":531384,"date":"2026-03-30T17:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/531384\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:52:18","slug":"senators-vs-panthers-prediction-picks-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/531384\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators vs. Panthers Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Senators (38-25-10) visit the Florida Panthers (35-35-3), who have dropped three straight, on Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968385&amp;cid=uxzQ0mSwIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Before watching this matchup, here is a look at which club we predict will emerge with the victory in Tuesday&#8217;s action on the ice.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 10 games, the Panthers have put up a record of 4-6-0. They have scored 24 goals, while their opponents have scored 33. They have gone on the power play 21 times during that span, and have capitalized with three goals (14.3% of opportunities).<\/p>\n<p>Senators vs. Panthers Predictions for Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this matchup expects a final tally of Panthers 4, Senators 3.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Panthers (+139)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 5.5 (computer predicts 6.4 goals on average)<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Panthers (+1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968383&amp;cid=uxzQ0mSwIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senators Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Senators (38-25-10 overall) have a 6-10-16 record in games that have needed overtime.<br \/>\nOttawa has 35 points (13-10-9) in the 32 games it has played that were decided by one goal.<br \/>\nIn the nine games this season the Senators scored just one goal, they finished 0-8-1.<br \/>\nOttawa has taken 16 points from the 17 games this season when it scored exactly two goals (6-7-4 record).<br \/>\nThe Senators are 32-9-5 in the 46 games when they have scored more than two goals (to register 69 points).<br \/>\nIn the 26 games when Ottawa has scored a single power-play goal, it went 15-6-5 to register 35 points.<br \/>\nIn the 49 games when it outshot its opponent, Ottawa is 30-16-3 (63 points).<br \/>\nThe Senators have been outshot by opponents in 21 games, going 7-7-7 to register 21 points.<br \/>\nPanthers Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers (35-35-3 overall) have posted a record of 8-3-11 in matchups that have required OT this season.<br \/>\nFlorida has earned 30 points (14-6-2) in its 22 games decided by one goal.<br \/>\nAcross the 17 games this season the Panthers ended with just one goal, they have earned five points.<br \/>\nWhen Florida has scored exactly two goals this season, they&#8217;ve earned eight points (3-12-2 record).<br \/>\nThe Panthers have scored more than two goals 38 times, earning 60 points from those matchups (30-8-0).<br \/>\nFlorida has scored a lone power-play goal in 27 games this season and has registered 29 points from those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, Florida is 20-20-3 (43 points).<br \/>\nThe Panthers have been outshot by opponents in 27 games, going 14-13-0 to record 28 points.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=uxzQ0mSwIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Senators vs. Panthers Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968373&amp;cid=uxzQ0mSwIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nWhere: Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968384&amp;cid=uxzQ0mSwIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Senators square off against Panthers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa Senators (38-25-10) visit the Florida Panthers (35-35-3), who have dropped three straight, on Tuesday, March 31&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[833,62,57,5141,5,835,4,61,25,63,834],"class_list":{"0":"post-531384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-ds-sports","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-panthers","11":"tag-floridapanthers","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-men","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nhl-predictions","16":"tag-ottawa-senators","17":"tag-panthers","18":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}