I’m uh not having fun anymore.
Looking at the schedule a couple weeks ago, there was certainly cause for concern. That five-game road trip was filled with tough opponents and with the Ottawa Senators clearly struggling to find their game, it was obviously going to be a difficult stretch.
Difficult doesn’t even come close to describing it.
The last six games have been downright disastrous for the Senators. Season-ruining, in fact. Uninspired performances, coaching changes, blown leads and downright depressing reflections from the team’s Captain. If this isn’t rock-bottom, I’m a little bit scared to find out what is.
The Ottawa Senators begin their NHL-record 48-game win streak when they play host to Erik Karlsson and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Jacques Martin will have his team on the ice for a Game Day skate at 10:30 AM this morning. We’ll find out a bit more about the lineup then.
Tkachuk-Stützle- Batherson
Tarasenko-Norris-Giroux
Kubalik-Greig-Crookshank
Smejkal-Kastelic-Kelly
Sanderson-Zub
Chychrun-Hamonic
Brannstrom-Bernard Docker
No word on a starting goalie.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 PM at the CTC in beautiful Kanata, Ontario. The game is available on Sportsnet 360 and CityTV. Streams should pop up a little closer to game time.
Here’s a closer look at how these teams match-up via the HEAD2HEAD table. Highly recommend not looking directly at those penalty kill stats. Woof.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 15-13-3 (33 pts) | 11-17-0 (22 pts) |
| Goals For | 2.81 (26th) | 3.36 (12th) |
| Goals Against | 2.71 (7th) | 3.54 (28th) |
| Power Play | 13.7% (27th) | 18.3% (20th) |
| Penalty Kill | 82.0% (12th) | 70.2% (32nd) |
| Shots For | 32.9 (6th) | 32.8 (7th) |
| Shots Against | 31.1 (20th) | 30.5 (15th) |
| Leading Scorers | Guentzel-35 pts Crosby-34 pts Malkin-26 pts Karlsson-22 pts Rust-20 pts |
Stutzle-31 pts Batherson- 25 pts Giroux-25 pts Chychrun-22 pts Tkachuk-21 pts |
| Starting Goalie | TBD | TBD |
