This is a big one.
After momentum-flipping wins over the Washington Capital and the Winnipeg Jets in the last few days, the Sens seem to have the ship pointed in the right direction. But with the standings as tight as they are right now, they need to keep their foot on the gas. Tonight, they get a crack at one of the teams they are chasing.
The Ottawa Senators close out the homestand on Monday night against the Detroit Red Wings.
Forward combinations have been in a blender the last couple weeks but maybe something like this again? We’ll confirm at the morning skate. And then again ten minutes into the game.
Tkachuk-Cozens-Batherson
Zetterlund-Stutzle-Giroux
Grieg-Pinto-Amadio
Cousins-Halliday-Perron
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Spence
Leevi Merilainen gets another start for the good guys.
Puck drop is scheduled for just a shade after 7:30 PM tonight. The game is being made available for streaming by a man named Jeff Bezos or you can listen on the radio at TSN1200. 104.7 FM has the game en francais.
A closer look at how these teams match up via the HEAD2HEAD table.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 24-15-4 (52 pts) | 20-15-5 (45 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.00 (19th) | 3.25 (10th) |
| Goals Against | 3.16 (21st) | 3.23 (23rd) |
| Power Play | 24.8% (6th) | 25.0% (5th) |
| Penalty Kill | 80.5% (15th) | 72.6% (31st) |
| Shots For | 28.7 (11th) | 28.0 (18th) |
| Shots Against | 27.7 (12th) | 25.5 (4th) |
| Leading Scorers | Raymond-44 pts DeBrincat-42 pts Larkin-38 pts Seider-31 pts Kane-24 pts |
Stutzle-43 pts Batherson-38 pts Cozens-30 pts Sanderson-29 pts Giroux-28 pts |
| Starting Goalie | John Gibson 13-9-1 2.93 GAA, .895 sv% |
Leevi Merilainen 6-7-0 3.34 GAA, .875 sv% |