In a world, where the winter lingers on and other bad hockey teams are forced to play meaningless games in mid-March, two brave combatants rise like a phoenix from the ashes in a early-week showdown for the ages.
Coyotes. Senators. Monday night. And this time…it’s personal.
If that intro doesn’t get you fired up for a little early week Sens and Yotes, nothing will. As you may recall, these two teams met just nine days ago and it was basically complete chaos. Many leads were established and then squandered and there was a general hatred for all things defensively structured.
Can’t wait to see what they have planned for an encore.
DJ Smith wrapped up his morning media availability and outlined one change to the lineup. The best to ever do it comes in while the guy who accidentally kicked his wife in the face at their wedding comes out. Here’s a best guess at tonight’s arrangement.
Tkachuk-Norris-Brown
Formenton-Stützle-Ennis
Paul-White-Sanford
Kelly-Gambrell-Watson
Chabot-Zub
Holden-Zaitsev
Brannstrom-Brown
Filip Gustavsson gets the start for the Senators.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:38 PM so govern yourselves accordingly. The game is available on Sportsnet tonight, which is great news if you’re into Ron MacLean freestyle rapping before every commercial break. TSN1200 has the radio broadcast and streaming hot steams will be shared in the comment section just prior to puck drop.
Wondering how these two teams match-up but the time change has your Monday in a general state of confusion meaning no time to do your own damn research?
Let the HEAD2HEAD table fill in the blanks.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 18-36-4 (40 pts) | 21-32-5 (47 pts) |
| Goals For | 2.53 (30th) | 2.64 (26th) |
| Goals Against | 3.55 (28th) | 3.24 (22nd) |
| Power Play | 12.2% (32nd) | 18.0% (25th) |
| Penalty Kill | 73.3% (30th) | 80.1% (14th) |
| Shots For | 26.1 (32nd) | 29.9 (21st) |
| Shots Against | 35.0 (31st) | 33.7 (27th) |
| Leading Scorers | Keller- 56 pts Schmaltz- 39 pts Goatbeer- 36 pts Kessel- 35 pts Boyd- 27 pts |
Tkachuk- 42 pts Batherson- 34 pts Stützle- 34 pts Brown- 33 pts Chabot- 33 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Scott Wedgewood 9-13-3 3.00 GAA, .906 sv% |
Filip Gustavsson 3-9-1 3.66 GAA, .896 sv% |
