That’s more like it.
In case you were in the middle of a two-hour meltdown the other night, let me tell you how the game against the Winnipeg Jets ended. The Ottawa Senators tied it late on a goal by Jake Sanderson and then Tim Stützle found Brady Tkachuk for a humdinger of an overtime winner. And I don’t use the word humdinger all willy nilly. Same thing with willy nilly actually.
While there are signs the Sens are starting to get healthier, it won’t be tonight. Thomas Chabot was a regular participant at practice yesterday but will likely wait till the weekend to make his return. Meanwhile Shane Pinto is back on his skates but there’s still no timeline for his return. Lars Eller is gonna be a few more weeks with what the team revealed is a broken foot.
Linus Ullmark and Jake Sanderson both left the skate early yesterday but the Coach isn’t concerned so let’s not be either.
In the meantime, expect a similar look as the other night in The Peg. Something like this…
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Zetterlund
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Amadio-Greig-Giroux
MacDermid-Halliday-Cousins
Sanderson-Zub
Kleven-Spence
Matinpalo-Jensen
No word on a starter just yet.
The Senators look to build on a big ol’ win in Winnipeg as they return home to host Erik Karlsson’s ghost and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
That puck is droppin’ at 7:08 PM, whether you’re ready or not. The game is televised and radioised or you can see it with your own eyes at the CTC.
A closer look at this evening’s festivities via the HEAD2HEAD table.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 14-9-9 (37 pts) | 15-13-4 (34 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.22 (8th) | 3.06 (14th) |
| Goals Against | 3.03 (16th) | 3.25 (23rd) |
| Power Play | 31.1% (3rd) | 25.5% (5th) |
| Penalty Kill | 81.6% (13th) | 70.5% (31st) |
| Shots For | 28.4 (14th) | 27.6 (20th) |
| Shots Against | 28.7 (21st) | 25.6% (4th) |
| Leading Scorers | Crosby-35 pts Malkin-29 pts Rust-28 pts Karlsson-25 pts Mantha-22 pts |
Stutzle-33 pts Batherson-30 pts Sanderson-26 pts Cozens-24 pts Giroux-19 pts |
| Starting Goalies | TBD | TBD |
