NHL Game 4 Pick Prediction Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Odds Playoff Preview 5-22-2013

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It will be a key Game 4 of the best of seven Eastern conference semifinal round of the NHL playoffs as the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators meet in a pro hockey game on Wednesday night.

The Penguins and Senators will begin from Ottawa at 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBC Sports Network.

The game four NHL playoff odds from this series have the road team Pittsburgh Penguins favored by -125 odds with the return on the home underdog Ottawa Senators at +115 odds. The goal total is lined at 5 ½ goals.

The Pittsburgh Penguins lead shrank to 2-1 in this NHL playoff series after a 2-1 home overtime victory by the Ottawa Senators in game three on Sunday night as a +115 home underdog. The goal total landed under 5 ½ goals.

The Penguins drew first blood in game three as Tyler Kennedy scores at even strength at 18:53 of the second period. Ottawa find the equalizer at 19:31 of the third period as veteran Daniel Alfredsson taps in a corner pass past the Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun to force the overtime. Colin Greening scores on a rebound at 7:39 of the second overtime to give the Senators life in this series.

Pittsburgh outshot the Senators by a 50-47 margin with Ottawa winning three more face-offs. Neither team was any good on the power play as Pittsburgh goes 0 of 6 and the Senators 0 of 3 on the man advantage. It is very evident watching these two teams play how much faster the Penguins skate then the Senators which have led to more quality shots on goal. Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson stopped 49 of 50 Penguins shots on goal with many of those shots of high quality.

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