If there’s one thing we can say definitively about this year’s version of the Ottawa Senators, it’s that the further away they are, the better they look.
And so maybe this lengthy road trip is exactly what the Sens need. While it’s not quite the same as a European vacation, the next eight days will see the Senators travel all across North America is search of something that has eluded them over the first 23 games of the season…
Consistency.
The Ottawa Senators begin their five-game road trip with a stop in St. Louis to take on the Blues.
Here’s how the team is expected to line up for this one.
Tkachuk-Norris-Giroux
Tarasenko-Stützle- Batherson
Kubalik-Greig-Joseph
Kelly-Chartier-Kastelic
Sanderson-Bernard-Docker
Chychrun-Zub
Brannstrom-Hamonic
Puck drop is scheduled for 8:08 in St. Louis. This means many of you will be up way past your bedtime so maybe a little pregame nap is in order. The game is available on TSN5, RDS and on the radio at TSN1200. If those options don’t work, you can find all sorts of choppy feeds scattered across the darkest corners of the internet.
And now, a model of consistency and structure you can really set your watch to…the HEAD2HEAD table
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 11-12-0 (22 pts) | 13-14-1 (27 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.39 (9th) | 2.82 (26th) |
| Goals Against | 3.22 (17th) | 3.32 (23rd) |
| Power Play | 17.5% (22nd) | 8.4% (31st) |
| Penalty Kill | 72.4% (30th) | 78.5% (20th) |
| Shots For | 33.1 (6th) | 30.5 (16th) |
| Shots Against | 30.1 (16th) | 32.4 (27th) |
| Leading Scorers | Stutzle-26 pts Giroux-23 pts Batherson-19 pts Tarasenko-19 pts Tkachuk-19 pts |
Thomas-27 pts Buchnevich-21 pts Kyrou-17 pts Schenn-16 pts Hayes-14 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Jonas Korpisalo 6-7-0 3.28 GAA, .900 sv% |
Jordan Binnington 8-9-1 3.10 GAA, .907 sv% |
