There are statement games and then there are games like that Saturday night win over the Minnesota Wild.
With an emphatic 6-0 beatdown over the league’s top road team and one of the best the Western Conference has to offer, the Ottawa Senators sent a pretty clear message that when they are at their top of their game, they are pretty tough to beat.
They’ll look to build on that effort as they hit the road for a tough four-game road trip ahead of the Four Nations break. It starts with a Monday night showdown with the Nashville Predators.
Some bad news on the injury front as they’ll have to navigate this trip without one of their top centres. Josh Norris left the game on Saturday night with an injury and this morning we learned that he did not join the team on the trip. Travis Green didn’t say what the injury is specifically but only that he’ll be out for a “few weeks”.
The good news is Nick Jensen is with the team, although he wasn’t on the ice for the Game Day skate. Ridly Greig also missed the skate but will play.
A best guess at the lineup for now.
Tkachuk-Stützle-Giroux
Perron-Greig-Batherson
Reinhardt-Pinto-Amadio
Highmore-Ostapchuk-Gaudette
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Hamonic
Kleven-Matinpalo
Anton Forsberg gets the start for Ottawa.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:38 PM in Nashville. The game is available on Amazon Prime and on the radio at TSN1200.
