Goes without saying but this is a big one.
After slump busting wins Over the lowly Canucks and Rangers, the Sens have started to right the ship a little bit. Again. But if they’re going to really make a push here and start to reel In some of the teams that pulled away in the Last month or so, they need to string some wins together. And this weekend wouLd be a great time to do just that, with a back to back against teams setting the pace in the Atlantic.
The Ottawa Senators host the Montreal Toilet Seats on Saturday night in Ottawa.
We’ll see if there are any lineup changes a little later this morning. Might be a time to consider adding Kurtis MacDermid back in but that’s going to be a little bit tricky with that fourth line looking so good the last few games. Going to assume same lineup for now.
Zetterlund-Stützle-Batherson
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Amadio-Pinto-Giroux
Cousins-Eller-Perron
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Spence
No word on a starter just yet. Linus Ullmark was back on the ice yesterday but isn’t ready to play yet. James Reimer could get a game this weekend but not clear which one. Leevi Merilainen has won a couple starts in a row but didn’t look overly sharp in the win against the Rangers. Anything is possible.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 PM at The Tire in beautiful Kanata, Ontario. The game is available on CityTV and Sportsnet East and on the radio at TSN1200 and 104.7 FM. If you’re looking for something a little spicier on this Saturday night, shady internet pirates will be serving up illegal streams closer to game time.
Here’s how these two teams match up, courtesy of the stunning HEAD2HEAD table, featuring just the right amount of toilet seats.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 26-17-7 (59 pts) | 22-19-5 (49 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.33 (5th) | 3.22 (12th) |
| Goals Against | 3.23 (22nd) | 3.33 (27th) |
| Power Play | 23.4% (8th) | 22.7% (9th) |
| Penalty Kill | 79.0% (18th) | 72.4% (30th) |
| Shots For | 26.1 (25th) | 28.5 (13th) |
| Shots Against | 27.2 (11th) | 25.2 (3rd) |
| Leading Scorers | Suzuki-52 pts Hutson-47 pts Caufield-45 pts Demidov-40 pts Slafkovsky-38 pts |
Stutzle-47 pts Batherson-42 pts Sanderson-35 pts Cozens-34 pts Giroux-32 pts |
| Starting Goalie | TBD | TBD |
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