Game Day- Senators, Canucks in Series Finale

SensChirp April 28, 2021 0
Game Day- Senators, Canucks in Series Finale

There was a time not long ago when the Vancouver Canucks fancied themselves playoff contenders.

It was about a week ago actually. They had cruised to a couple easy wins over the lowly Toronto Maple Leafs and with a four-game series coming up against the Ottawa Senators, the national media wondered if maybe the Canucks could make a run at it.

Win those four games against Ottawa and suddenly, Trevor Linden and the Canucks would be right there! Ahhhhhhh not so fast, Trevor.

As the Canucks found out the hard way, these are not January’s Ottawa Senators. And they’re not that try-hard but still lose bunch from February either. The way things are going lately, the Senators are one of the top teams in the division. Plain and simple. It’s kind of a low bar when you consider the way the other Canadians teams are stumbling down the stretch but it’s true.

Ottawa has won two of the first three in this series and they’ll look to drive the final nail through Vancouver’s playoff chances in game four. Oh and they’ll look to pass them in the standings in the process.

Senators and Canucks from the Canadian Tire Centre later…this afternoon.

No morning skate for the Senators so we’ll have to get pretty creative to come up with things to complain about.

Not expecting any changes to the Ottawa lineup but that depends on the turnout at the “Play JBD!” protest on Parliament Hill later today.

A best guess for now…

Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Stützle-White-Dadonov
Dzingel-Tierney-Brown
Formenton-Pinto-Paul

Chabot-Zaitsev
Brannstrom-Zub
Mete-J. Brown

Marcus Hogberg is expected to get the start in goal for Ottawa.

Puck drop is scheduled for a “let’s get it over with” time of 5:30 PM. The game is available on TSN5 and Sportsnet Pacific. TSN1200 has the radio feed and Larry is providing the illegal streams. Thanks Larry!

Here’s a closer look at how these team’s match-up in today’s HEAD2HEAD table, sponsored by the good folks at Larry’s Food Hut . Thanks Larry!

HEAD2HEAD
Record 19-20-3 (41 pts) 18-27-4 (40 pts)
Goals For 2.64 (24th) 2.67 (T-20th)
Goals Against 3.12 (22nd) 3.47 (30th)
Power Play 19.5% (19th) 16.8% (26th)
Penalty Kill 78.3% (20th) 78.1% (T-21st)
Shots For 30.0 (T-12th) 30.3 (8th)
Shots Against 33.5 (31st) 32.2 (28th)
Leading Scorers Boeser- 37 pts
Miller- 33 pts
Horvat- 32 pts
Hughes- 32 pts
Pettersson- 21 pts
Tkachuk- 32 pts
Batherson- 31 pts
Norris- 31 pts
Brown- 28 pts
Chabot- 28 pts
Starting Goalie TBD Marcus Hogberg
3-7-0
3.81 GAA, .877 sv%

In case you missed it yesterday, Roby Jarventie signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Senators yesterday. He also signed an ATO and will report to Belleville following a required quarantine period.