I think Fred Turner said it best…
And I’ll be taking care of business (every day)
Taking care of business (every way)
I’ve been taking care of business (it’s all mine)
Taking care of business and working overtime, work out
When Brady Tkachuk went down early in the season, it looked like the Ottawa Senators were in deep, deep trouble. A season full of potential was seemingly sullied before they even really got started. And yet here we stand, just days away from the return of the Captain, and the Senators are just fine, thank you. With a dramatic win in the wee hours of the morning earlier this week, the Sens banked another two points, cozied up to the top teams in the Atlantic Division and got this lengthy road trip pointed in the right direction.
They’ll look to keep it rollin’ when they pay a visit to Macklin Celebrini and whoever else plays for the San Jose Sharks.
This morning, the Senators announced that Lassi Thomson has been returned to Bellville and that’s seemingly because Thomas Chabot is healthy and ready to go. No skate today so we’ll have to wait until later to confirm who slots in where and whether Ridly Greig returns. TeeBeeDee.
Perron-Stützle-Batherson
Eller-Cozens-Zetterlund
Amadio-Pinto-Giroux
Cousins-Halliday-Hodgson
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Spence
Kleven-Matinpalo/Jensen
Puck drop is scheduled for just a shade after 7:00 PM so make sure you have that pre-game tea well in advance. The game is available on Sportsnet One and on the radio at TSN1200 and 104.7 FM. Some fun lovin’ pirates will set us up with the illegal internet streams.
A closer look at this evening’s match-up via the statistical table that critics are calling “Fine.”.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 10-6-4 (24 pts) | 10-8-3 (23 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.25 (9th) | 2.95 (21st) |
| Goals Against | 3.35 (25th) | 3.19 (22nd) |
| Power Play | 23.8% (10th) | 18.1% (20th) |
| Penalty Kill | 69.1% (31st) | 79.4% (18th) |
| Shots For | 26.5 (24th) | 24.1 (32nd) |
| Shots Against | 25.4 (4th) | 31.5 (31st) |
| Leading Scorers | Batherson-19 pts Stutzle-19 pts Pinto-16 pts Cozens-15 pts Giroux-14 pts |
Celebrini-31 pts Smith-20 pts Eklund-13 pts Kurashev-12 pts Orlov-12 pts |
| Starting Goalie | TBD | TBD |