It wasn’t exactly a masterpiece but for a team in desperate need of some good vibes, Thursday night’s win over the Carolina Hurricanes was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Now, they’ll try to build on that effort as they host the high-flying Colorado Avalanche.
This is Ottawa’s third game in four nights in what really is a fairly ridiculous portion of the schedule. After tonight, they’ll head to New Jersey on Monday night and then back home to host Islanders on Tuesday.
We’ll see how much they have in the tank against a dangerous Avs team.
Couple changes to the lineup ahead of this one as both Michael Del Zotto and Victor Mete sit while Belleville call-up Dillon Heatherington steps in on the blueline. Adam Gaudette is the healthy scratch up front.
Here’s how DJ Smith had them lined up at the game day skate.
Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Paul-Stützle-Brown
Formenton-Tierney-Ennis
Sanford-Gambrell-Watson
Chabot-Zaitsev
Holden-Zub
Heatherington Thomson
Anton Forsberg is the likely starter.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 PM. The game is available on Sportsnet One, TSN1200 and on streaming sites across the world wide web.
Here’s a closer look at how these teams match up via the HEAD2HEAD table.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 12-7-1 (25 pts) | 5-15-1 (11 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.95 (1st) | 2.43 (26th) |
| Goals Against | 3.25 (27th) | 3.86 (32nd) |
| Power Play | 21.3% (T-9th) | 16.9% (T-22nd) |
| Penalty Kill | 76.8% (6th) | 73.5% (28th) |
| Shots For | 33.0 (12th) | 28.4 (28th) |
| Shots Against | 30.0 (7th) | 35.1 (32nd) |
| Leading Scorers | Kadri- 30 pts Landeskog- 22 pts Makar- 21 pts Rantanen- 19 pts Burakovsky- 15 pts |
Batherson- 17 pts Norris- 15 pts Tkachuk- 13 pts Brown- 11 pts Ennis- 11 pts |
| Starting Goalie | TBD | TBD |
