No morning skate scheduled for the Senators today in Toronto which is bit of an interesting wrinkle. We’ll have to wait till later in the day to confirm DJ Smith’s intentions with the lineup.
Based on what we saw at practice yesterday, it does seem like they’ll have Artem Zub back. It goes without saying but the sooner the Senators can get healthy on the back end, the better. The return of Zub should give the team a huge lift.
A best guess at how they’ll line up in Toronto.
Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Joseph-Stützle-Giroux
Kubalik-Chartier-Tarasenko
Kelly-Järventie-MacEwen
Sanderson-Zub
Chychrun-Bernard-Docker
Kleven-Hamonic
No word on a starting goalie yet.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 PM in Toronto. The game is available on Sportsnet and on the radio at TSN1200. Streams will be available in the comment section closer to game time.
Here’s a closer look at how these two teams match up via the HEAD2HEAD table which was recently named “best in class”.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 4-6-0 (8 pts) | 6-4-2 (14 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.80 (5th) | 3.42 (10th) |
| Goals Against | 3.50 (26th) | 3.42 (23rd) |
| Power Play | 22.2% (13th) | 26.8% (5th) |
| Penalty Kill | 75% (21st) | 71.8% (24th) |
| Shots For | 33.0 (8th) | 33.0 (8th) |
| Shots Against | 31.3 (19th) | 31.3 (18th) |
| Leading Scorers | Tkachuk-11 pts Giroux-11 pts Stützle-11pts Tarasenko-10 pts Chychrun-9 pts |
Matthews-18 pts Marner-17 pts Nylander-16 pts Tavares-12 pts Rielly-10 pts |
| Starting Goalie | TBD | TBD |
