Okay, so maybe not the welcome home party we had in mind.
After spending a few weeks on the road, the Senators made their long-awaited return to the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night and honestly, it was a bit of a dud. A country-themed dud. At no point in that game against the New York Rangers were the Sens at anything close to their best.
Let’s get this train back on the tracks, shall we? The Ottawa Senators host the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night in Ottawa.
And they’re gonna have to find a way without one of their most important players. This morning, the Senators announced that Shane Pinto has been placed on the IR after that injury against the Rangers earlier in the week. Right now they’re saying at least two weeks but the good news is, no surgery required. Hayden Hodgson has been called up and Ridly Greig is gonna slide into Pinto’s spot on that third line. Zub was back on the ice this AM though
Here is how they lined up this morning.
Tkachuk-Stützle-Zetterlund
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Amadio-Pinto-Giroux
Greig-Halliday-Cousins
Sanderson-Zub
Kleven-Spence
Matinpalo-Jensen
Linus Ullmark starts.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 PM at the Canadian Tire Centre. The game is available on Sportsnet One and on the radio at TSN1200 and 94.7 FM. Streams will pop up in the comment section below.
A closer look at this evening’s match-up via the HEAD2HEAD table.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 9-12-7 (25 pts) | 13-10-4 (30 pts) |
| Goals For | 2.54 (30th) | 3.07 (14th) |
| Goals Against | 3.50 (20th) | 3.33 (22nd) |
| Power Play | 18.7% (16th) | 22.9% (10th) |
| Penalty Kill | 75.8% (26th) | 68.8% (31st) |
| Shots For | 25.8 (27th) | 26.2 (25th) |
| Shots Against | 27.3 (12th) | 25.6 (4th) |
| Leading Scorers | Thomas-17 pts Kyrou-16 pts Holloway-14 pts Faulk-13 pts Suter-13 pts |
Stutzle-24 pts Batherson-24 pts Sanderson-23 pts Pinto-18 pts Cozens-17 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Jordan Binnington 6-7-5 3.30 GAA, .874 sv% |
Linus Ullmark 10-6-4 3.05 GAA, .876 sv% |
