On Saturday night, Brooks Laich scored an overtime winner that sent the Sens to a disappointing overtime loss. Tonight, Ottawa has a chance to get some revenge.
The Sens continue a busy December on home ice with another tilt with Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. Craig Anderson make the start in goal and according to Paul MacLean, it sounds like Alex Auld will start tomorrow in New Jersey.
The Caps have played once since Saturday's overtime win and fell 5-4 at the hands of the surprising Florida Panthers. Washington sits two points back of Ottawa in the Eastern Conference standings.
No changes are expected to the line up that rallied for a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. That means Nikita Filatov will once again be watching from the press box. I understand the reluctance to tinker with a winning line up but I really thought we would see Filatov back in the mix tonight after a few inconsistent efforts from Bobby Butler.
On defence, MacLean is expected to start with the same pairings, which means we’ll once again see a hefty dose of Erik Karlsson and Jared Cowen. With the Sens having the benefit of last change, expect that pair to see a lot of Alex Ovechkin this evening.
The Sens announced this morning that they have placed Filip Kuba on the IR with a shoulder injury. He is expected to be sidelined for the next month. Meanwhile, Matt Carkner will rejoin the team in New Jersey tomorrow night but is not expected to play.
Here is how the Sens are expected to line up.
Greening-Spezza-Butler
Michalek-Foligno-Alfredsson
Daugavins-Smith-Condra
Konopka-Winchester-Neil
Phillips-Gonchar
Cowen-Karlsson
Rundblad-Lee
Puck drop is just after 7:00 PM tonight with plenty of tickets still available. What better way to spend a Wednesday night than down at Scotiabank Place. Contact mccarthym@ottawasenators.com if you are looking for tickets.
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REMINDER- Tomorrow is the Hunt4Chirp Contest. Throughout the day, @SensChirp and @Wisers_Ottawa will be posting clues to our hiding spot on Twitter. Then, beginning at 6:00 PM, you’ll have to hunt us down! The first two people to find us will receive a pair of tickets in the free food, food booze, 100 Level Wisers Box for the Jets/Sens game in January. Must be legal drinking age to participate!
