The Ottawa Senators play their second preseason game in as many nights when they take on the Calgary Flames at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
On Sunday night it was Bobby Ryan making his Sens debut and tonight it will be another off season acquisition that pulls on the Ottawa colours for the first time. Former Toronto Maple Leaf Clarke MacArthur will suit up for his first preseason game, skating along side Kyle Turris and Mike Hoffman.
The trio will make up the Sens top line tonight and is one of the possibilities that Coach MacLean is considering for line two when the season starts for real next month. With only so many preseason games on the schedule, it’s safe to label this as a “big game” for a guy like Mike Hoffman, who is pushing for a spot in the team’s top six.
Especially after Cory Conacher put together a pretty solid effort in his first game of the season.
Craig Anderson, Colin Greening, Mika Zibanejad, Chris Neil, Jean Gabriel Pageau and Patrick Wiercioch are the regulars that will sit out a second straight game. Here is the rest of the line up based on tweets from James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen.
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Nathan Lawson will get the start in goal for Ottawa.
Late start to this one as the puck won’t drop in Saskatoon until after 9:00 PM. The game is available on Rogers 22 (or maybe not?!) and like always, keep an eye on the comment section should a stream to the game be made available.
