That win on Sunday felt good. Like really good.
The Vegas Golden Knights are a scourge upon the National Hockey League and watching them get humbled in such a spectacular fashion served as a delightful distraction from the current state of affairs for the Sens. Heading into tonight, they sit a full ten points back of the second Wild Card spot with a couple games in hand. Clock is ticking on that historic run. You can’t win 30 straight games unless you win the next one, that’s what I always say.
The Ottawa Senators host the league-leading Colorado Avalanche on a Wednesday night at the Palladium.
There will be at least one change to the lineup as Stephen Halliday is out after that sneaky dirty hit the other night against the Golden Knights. The team isn’t calling it a concussion but they are being cautious. Fraîchement rappelé par les Sénateurs d’Ottawa, Xavier Bourgault devrait obtenir une deuxième chance de se faire valoir dans la meilleure ligue du monde mercredi soir.
A guess at the lineup which we shall confirm following the game day skate…
Batherson-Stützle-Giroux
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Amadio-Pinto-Zetterlund
Bourgault-Eller-Cousins
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Spence
Goaltending is a mystery. Linus Ullmark backed up the other night and is getting close. Sounds like it’s up to him to decide on his return. Will he choose the league-leading Avalanche? We shall see.
Puck is dropping at 7:08 PM. The game is available on Sportsnet, TSN1200, 104.7 FM and on streaming sites all across the information super highway.
A closer look at the match-up via the HEAD2HEAD table. Proceed with caution.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 35-6-9 (79 pts) | 24-21-7 (55 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.94 (1st) | 3.29 (9th) |
| Goals Against | 2.34 (1st) | 3.35 (26th) |
| Power Play | 15.9% (27th) | 22.8% (9th) |
| Penalty Kill | 84.1% (3rd) | 72.2% (30th) |
| Shots For | 34.9 (1st) | 28.5 (14th) |
| Shots Against | 26.8 (8th) | 25.0% (3rd) |
| Leading Scorers | MacKinnon-88 pts Necas-62 pts Makar-56 pts Nelson-45 pts Lehkonen-38 pts |
Stutzle-53 pts Batherson-44 pts Sanderson-41 pts Cozens-40 pts Giroux-36 pts |
| Starting Goalie | TBD | TBD |