The Ottawa Senators and the Carolina Hurricanes will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at RBC Center.

GAME: Ottawa Senators (32-30-5-5) at Carolina Hurricanes (40-28-2-5)
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, March 25 - 7:00 PM EST
LINE: 135, -155 TOTAL: 5.5
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Oddsmakers currently have the Hurricanes listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Senators, while the game's total is sitting at 5½.

The Hurricanes hope to get back on the winning track against Ottawa (32-30-10), which has won the last two meetings, but hopes to avoid losing three in a row at Carolina. The Senators fell 2-1 there on Nov. 7.

The Senators also will try for a season-high sixth straight victory after winning 2-1 over the New York Rangers on Sunday to open a six-game road trip.

With 10 games left, Ottawa is nine points behind Montreal for the final playoff spot in the East. The Senators, who reached the Stanley Cup finals two years ago, haven't missed the postseason since 1995-96.

The Senators defeated the Rangers 2-1 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The three goals scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (5.5).

Ryan Shannon scored the game-winning goal for Ottawa and Alex Auld made 28 saves in the win.

Carolina (40-28-7) tries for a season-high fifth straight victory after winning 3-2 in overtime at Florida on Monday. The result moved the Hurricanes to fifth in the East and three points behind fourth-place Philadelphia with seven games remaining.

Ray Whitney potted the winner in overtime to lift the Hurricanes past the Panthers 3-2 on Monday night.

Carolina won as -105 road underdogs as the game played under the 5.5-goal total listed by sportsbooks.
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Current streak:
Ottawa has won 5 straight games.
Carolina has won 4 straight games.

Team records:
Ottawa: 32-30-10
Carolina: 40-28-7

Ottawa most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing NY Rangers are 8-2
After a win are 7-3

Carolina most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-3-1
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Florida are 2-8
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
Ottawa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Ottawa's last 6 games
Ottawa is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing Carolina
Ottawa is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 9 games when playing at home against Ottawa
Carolina is 7-16-2 SU in its last 25 games when playing Ottawa
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