There are 12 games left in the regular season. You heard me, 12. That’s just 720 minutes of hockey left to be played.
In just three weeks, the Ottawa Senators will wrap up their 82-game schedule with a home ice tilt against the Carolina Hurricanes. That’s 21 days away. A little over 500 hours, if you want to get weirdly specific about. And quite honestly, it is staggering to think about how much and will happen in such a small amount of time.
The Senators head into the final stretch with a buffer of sorts but their spot in the standings is anything but secure. There are teams directly in the rearview mirror and they’ll play three of ’em in the next four nights. Just typing the words is stressin’ me out.
The Ottawa Senators close out this most recent three-game road trip with a stop in Detroit to take on the Red Wings.
After the last loss in Buffalo, Travis Green has decided to mash the reset button on his lineup and it has implications on both the forward group and on the blueline.
On the backend, Travis Hamonic sits. He’s day-to-day with an injury suffered after being hit with an unreasonable amount of fan angst after the game against the Sabres. Matinpalo takes his place.
All sorts of changes in the forward combinations too. Here’s how Green had his team lined up this morning.
Tkachuk-Pinto-Greig
Giroux-Stützle-Zetterlund
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Highmore-Gaudette-Amadio
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark gets the start in goal.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 PM at the Pizza Pizza Palace in Detroit. The game is available on television (TSN5), radio (TSN1200) and streaming sites (Bort).
There’s one more thing I want to tell you and it’s the most important thing of all.
Go. Sens. Go.
