This feels like a big one.
Honestly, with only 26 games left in the regular season, they are all fairly large. But considering the way the last game ended and considering it will be a good three weeks until we see our Senators again, it feels like this is damn close to a must-win. In fact, yep, it’s time…Tonight is without a doubt…
THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR.
The Ottawa Senators head into the Olympic break with a Thursday night showdown against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Here is how the Senators might line up tonight. Maybe a last minute switch involving the Olympic-bound Nikolas Matinpalo? We shall see a little closer to game time.
Batherson-Stützle-Giroux
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Cousins-Pinto-Amadio
Halliday-Eller-Zetterlund
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Spence
Linus Ullmark gets the start for the Senators.
Puck is dropping 7:08 PM in Philadelphia. The game is on TSN5 and RDS. It’s on the radio at TSN1200 and 104.7 FM. Steaming hot streams will be served up a little closer to game time.
Wondering how these teams match up? Yea, me too! Where’s that handsome HEAD2HEAD table everyone is always raving about?!
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 27-22-7 (61 pts) | 25-20-10 (60 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.32 (9th) | 2.93 (21st) |
| Goals Against | 3.27 (24th) | 3.18 (21st) |
| Power Play | 23.2% (8th) | 16.3% (28th) |
| Penalty Kill | 72.9% (30th) | 78.9% (18th) |
| Shots For | 28.5 (14th) | 25.8 (26th) |
| Shots Against | 24.6 (2nd) | 25.7 (4th) |
| Leading Scorers | Stutzle-60 pts Batherson-49 pts Sanderson-46 pts Cozens-43 pts Giroux-39 pts |
Konecny-54 pts Zegras-48 pts Tippett-35 pts Dvorak-34 pts Michkov-29 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Linus Ullmark 16-8-5 2.83 GAA, .884 sv% |
Dan Vladar 17-8-5 2.38 GAA, .904 sv% |