Better late than never!
After a brief one game road trip to New Jersey on Friday night, the Ottawa Senators return home to the Canadian Tire Centre for three straight.
Up first, the Montreal Canadiens.
The Montreal Canadiens have been a wee bit of a tire fire to start the season. Their 3-7-1 record has them sitting in last place in the Eastern Conference and their -19 is the second worst in the entire National Hockey League. Carey Price gets a rare night off as the Habs will go with Al Montoya for this one.
On Ottawa’s side of things, they’ll go back to the 11 forwards/7 defenceman alignment.
Chris Wideman missed the last game with a bit of a neck issue but he draws back in. Max McCormick was called up but won’t play. Kyle Turris misses another game with a viral infection.
Here’s how the Senators are expected to line up.
Dzingel-Brassard-Stone
Hoffman-Pageau-Pyatt
Burrows-Smith-Rodewald
Thompson-DiDomenico
Oduya-Karlsson
Phaneuf-Ceci
Claesson-Borowiecki
Wideman
Craig Anderson gets the start in the Ottawa goal. Puck drop is scheduled for just after 7:30 PM.
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 3-7-1 | 5-1-5 |
| Goals For | 2.00 (31st) | 3.64 (5th) |
| Goals Against | 3.82 (29th) | 2.64 (8th) |
| Power Play | 12.8% (27th) | 17.4% (14th) |
| Penalty Kill | 78.4% (23rd) | 90.0% (3rd) |
| Shots For/Shots Against | 38.8 (1st) 31.2 (9th) |
32.4 (13th) 32.4 (T-16th) |
| Blocked Shots | 157 (T-14th) | 199 (2nd) |
| Leading Scorers | Drouin- 8 pts Danault- 7 pts Gallagher- 6pts |
Stone- 12 pts Brassard- 11 pts Hoffman- 9 pts |
| Team Shooting % | 5.1% (31st) | 11.2% (6th) |
