Maybe a little time away from the bitterly cold temperatures here in Ottawa will be good for the Senators.
Desperate to get on a bit of a roll, the Sens hit the road for the next four games, beginning with a tonight’s game in Philadelphia. They’ll then head West with stops in Colorado, Phoenix and Dallas before returning home next Thursday night.
We’ve said it a lot lately but they need to rack up some points on this road trip if they want to keep pace in the East. Or pick up no points ever again so we can draft Connor McDavid. Either one works.
The Flyers are returning home after a grueling eight game road trip. They started with three straight wins but tailed off, losing the final five games on the trip. As if that wasn’t enough, their Captain Claude Giroux was injured on Friday night and the timeline for his return isn’t really clear. He did skate briefly during the Flyers’ morning skate today but isn’t expected to play. If you wanted to bet on the next Coach to get canned, Philadelphia might be a good place to look.
On the Ottawa side of things, no changes are expected to the lineup that lost to Tampa Bay on Sunday night. Marc Methot is back with the team but there are no timelines for his return. Sound familiar? No morning skate for the Senators this morning but here is how they are expected to line up for this one.
MacArthur-Turris-Stone
Hoffman-Zibanejad-Ryan
Michalek-Pageau-Chiasson
Greening-Legwand-Condra
Phillips-Karlsson
Cowen-Ceci
Wiercioch-Gryba
Craig Anderson gets the start in the Ottawa goal. Puck drop is scheduled for just after 7:00 PM with the game available on TSN5.
