Wednesday, 06 March 2013 11:12

Game Day- Battle of Ontario Continues

The Ottawa Senators knew this road trip was going to be a tough one as they set out to play 6 of 8 games away from the friendly confines of Scotiabank Place.

The Sens lost the first three in Boston, Philadelphia and Long Island but picked up a point in two of those games.  Goals are extremely hard to come by for Paul MacLean’s team but the Sens are hoping the Battle of Ontario and a date with the Toronto Maple Leafs helps ignite their struggling offence.

The two teams have split the season series so far.  The Leafs scored a 3-0 win back February 16 but the Senators answered back with a solid effort the following Saturday as Colin Greening scored late to give the Sens a 3-2 decision.  Ottawa and Toronto will play two more times after tonight.

As much as it pains me to say it, the Leafs have actually been playing some pretty solid hockey of late.  Randy Carlyle’s team has won 3 of their last 4 and have a 6-4-0 record in their past ten hockey games.  Nazem Kadri continues to impress for Toronto, leading the Leafs with 23 points in 23 games.  Zack Smith will have to keep a close eye on him again tonight.

Both the Sens and Leafs have racked up 28 points through 23 games but the Leafs have the edge in wins by a 14-12 margin.

The Senators should get a bit of an offensive boost tonight with the return of Milan Michalek from a knee injury and the addition of Mark Stone from Binghamton.  Both guys have the ability to put the puck in the net- something the Sens have really struggled with since Erik Karlsson went down.  Mark Stone will be making his regular season debut and will wear #16.  Here is how Head Coach Paul MacLean lined his guys up at the morning skate.

Michalek-Turris-Alfredsson
Silfverberg-Regin-Stone
Greening-Smith-Neil
Dziurzynski-Zibanejad-Condra

Methot-Gryba
Wiercioch-Gonchar
Phillips-Benoit

Kaspars Daugavins and Jim O'Brien will be the healthy scratches.  Ben Bishop get the start for the Sens while the Leafs are expected to counter with James Reimer.  Puck drop is just after 7:00 PM with the game available on TSN and on the radio at the Team 1200.

GO SENS GO!

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0 #301 zoostation 2013-03-06 21:42
Yesssss!!!
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0 #302 karlssens 2013-03-06 21:42
Lets go boys!!
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0 #303 jakester 2013-03-06 21:42
Holy Crap Batman , we can do this!
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0 #304 karlssens 2013-03-06 21:44
Fucking great attempt guys
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0 #305 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2013-03-06 21:44
my heart was beating like crazy
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0 #306 Andrews Theory 2013-03-06 21:45
Shit that got pretty exciting...
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-1 #307 karlssens 2013-03-06 21:45
Win or lose, this team is going to be scary good in 2 years
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+1 #308 MattZ 2013-03-06 21:45
i dont give a shit if we tie it or win it or not, we played a hell of a game. probably the best one this year... with crappy goaltending
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0 #309 jakester 2013-03-06 21:45
Face off c'mon.
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+2 #310 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2013-03-06 21:46
Great game by the Sens.

Not good on Bishop. This is a game we deserved to win.
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-1 #311 karlssens 2013-03-06 21:47
That was the sens game to lose. Oh well.
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0 #312 AllStarAlfie 2013-03-06 21:47
Great game by ottawa, lots of positives to take from this one.
We would have won if not for the shit play of bishop
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+1 #313 karlssens 2013-03-06 21:47
Bishop found a way to loose that game for us haha
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0 #314 jakester 2013-03-06 21:47
I hate the f-ing Laughs. Good game boys!
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0 #315 sensfan4ever 2013-03-06 21:47
Quoting jakester:
Face off c'mon.


oh darn we are losing all big faceoffs
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0 #316 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2013-03-06 21:48
But goodness sakes, FreeLehner.
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-1 #317 karlssens 2013-03-06 21:48
Were you guys impressed with Stone? Also, if michalek and smith play like that next year this is a fucking unreal dynasty!
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0 #318 conor_smythe 2013-03-06 21:48
This game is going to do wonders for team confidence moving forward. Was getting frustrating to watch our lack of scoring. Hopefully the flood gates are open
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+4 #319 No65* 2013-03-06 21:49
GREAT EFFORT TONGHT. Michalek brought a lot of energy tonight.
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+1 #320 GreeningTheMonster 2013-03-06 21:49
Whoever isn't proud of that effort is crazy. The game we needed bishop the most cuz we were actually scoring he plays bad ? Hahah but seriously he's saved our asses so many times, every goaltender has a bad game . Go sens go!
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-4 #321 SensFanInMTL 2013-03-06 21:50
Quoting GreeningTheMonster:
Quoting SensFanInMTL:
When are most going to realize that Turris is not the second line centre we all hoped for him to be?


Colo terrorita!!


That's actually hilarious considering he's playing first line centre right now, good try though dumbass

Obviously mean in the long run when Spezza returns you idi0t.
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+2 #322 MoeDozer 2013-03-06 21:52
hope the milo haters can understand now why he is so important for this team. to me he looked like our best player for majority of the game.

even with this losing streak, im very proud of the never quit efforts. #peskysens
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-1 #323 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2013-03-06 21:54
I mean I know goalies have average games from time to time, it's to be expected. And he did stand on his head earlier in the season, but let's not sugar coat it, he should have had a good 3 goals at least tonight.

But the effort was fantastic. These guys just never quit.

P.S. #FREELEHNER.
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0 #324 GreeningTheMonster 2013-03-06 21:54
Quoting SensFanInMTL:
Quoting GreeningTheMonster:
Quoting SensFanInMTL:
When are most going to realize that Turris is not the second line centre we all hoped for him to be?


Colo terrorita!!


That's actually hilarious considering he's playing first line centre right now, good try though dumbass

Obviously mean in the long run when Spezza returns you idi0t.

LOL then why are yu calling him a flop now? Idiot
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-1 #325 SensFanInMTL 2013-03-06 21:56
Quoting GreeningTheMonster:
Quoting SensFanInMTL:
Quoting GreeningTheMonster:
Quoting SensFanInMTL:
When are most going to realize that Turris is not the second line centre we all hoped for him to be?


Colo terrorita!!


That's actually hilarious considering he's playing first line centre right now, good try though dumbass

Obviously mean in the long run when Spezza returns you idi0t.

LOL then why are yu calling him a flop now? Idiot

Why not? See, Spezza's the 1st line centre, and Turris the 2nd. Just because you play on the top line and haven't been seen anywhere in the past 2 weeks doesn't mean you still deserve to be there? Assez compliquer esti pedale?
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0 #326 Shibal07 2013-03-06 22:09
Today was by far Zibanejad's best game of the season. Scored the first goal to get the team rolling. His forechecking was amazing forcing the opposition to create numerous turnovers. He could have scored 2 other goals today but elected to pass despite having the clear shot, as I and Hq8 yesterday he just has to learn between when to be selfish and when to make a make pass.

Stone looked decent for his first game, had a big hit on Kadri, and had a scoring chance. He is a player I can see getting better unlike Silfverberg.

Smith looked great, while Turris unfortunately looked like a rookie today. The thing I noticed between Turris and Smith was that Smith was played the game more simpler than Turris had when playing the number 1 center.
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-1 #327 Tookie 2013-03-07 09:52
Not a bad game but a loss is a loss, no meter how you try and make it look good. Just like a win is a win, no matter how bad we played...

At the end of the day its about wins and pts!

I said 3-2 Leafs SO, damn, Sens almost made it there, but atleast I got the W right, thank you Proline!
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