NHL Prop Bets: Ottawa Senators vs Carolina Hurricanes (April 25, 2026)

The Carolina Hurricanes face the Ottawa Senators in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Canadian Tire Centre. Let's take a look at the NHL Prop Bets for Saturday's matchup. The Senators opened as favorites, but the Hurricanes have since moved into favoritism at -130 to win and +205 to cover the -1.5 puck line. The Senators are -250 to cover the +1.5 puck line.

The Hurricanes have a 35-50 Puck Line record this season (including playoffs), while the Senators hold a record of 41-44.

The total goals line is set at 5.5, with OVER at -120 and UNDER at +100.

The Hurricanes have a 44-39-2 O/U record this season, including playoffs (meaning 44 games have gone over the total points line, 39 have gone under and two have resulted in a push). The Senators have a 42-41-2 O/U record.

Goals For Insights

The Hurricanes averaged 3.55 goals per game during the regular season (2nd in the NHL), while the Senators averaged 3.35 (8th). More recently, the Hurricanes are averaging 2.33 goals in these playoffs and the Senators have managed 1.00.
Defensively, the Hurricanes allowed 2.88 goals per game during the regular season (T5th in the NHL). Meanwhile, the Senators gave up 2.99 (13th). During the playoffs, the Hurricanes have given up 1.00 per contest, while the Senators are allowing 2.33.

Shots

Looking at creating chances to score, the Hurricanes are averaging 35.0 shots per game during the postseason, up 2.8 from their regular season number of 32.2. Alternatively, the Senators are allowing 35.0 shots per game throughout these playoffs, an increase of 10.6 from their regular season average of 24.4.
Flipping that script, the Hurricanes are allowing 27.7 shots per game in the playoffs, down 23.9 from their regular season average. Meanwhile, the Senators are recording 27.7 shots per contest during the postseason, which is an increase of 1.2 from their regular season number of 28.9.

Power Play

The Hurricanes held a power play percentage of 24.9% during the regular season, ranking 4th in the NHL. During the postseason, they hold a percentage of 10.0%. Comparatively, the Senators ranked 8th with 24.0% of their power play opportunities converted into goals in the regular season. In these playoffs they hold a percentage of 0.0%.

Penalty Kill %

On the opposite end, the Hurricanes had a penalty kill rate of 80.5% during the regular season (11th) and have a kill rate of 100.0% in the postseason. Alternatively, the Senators had a penalty kill rate of 75.8% in the regular season (29th) and 90.0% in the playoffs.