Made a call to NHL HQ and they have agreed to strike yesterday’s game from the record.
It will count in the games played category but they’ve agreed to let the Sens hang on to that final playoff spot for another day AND to remove the entire experience from our hearts and minds. Thanks Gary!
The Ottawa Senators look to bounce back this evening against the Carolina Hurricanes.
This…
And also this…
No game day skate today so we’ll confirm the lineup closer to puck drop. Gotta be some juggling in the forward lines though.
Zetterlund-Stützle-Batherson
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Giroux-Pinto-Amadio
Foegele-Eller-Cousins
Sanderson-Zub
Matinpalo-Spence
Thomson-Crotty
James Reimer is the likely starter.
Puck is dropping at 5:08 PM at the Canadian Tire Centre in scenic Kanata, Ontario. TSN5, TSN1200 and 104.7 FM. I bet you could stream it too. I am seeing tickets for $25 beans available this morning too. Could be the move.
A closer look at today’s match-up in a table of two heads.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 49-21-6 (104 pts) | 39-27-10 (88 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.51 (4th) | 3.28 (10th) |
| Goals Against | 2.88 (7th) | 3.08 (19th) |
| Power Play | 24.5% (5th) | 22.0% (13th) |
| Penalty Kill | 80.8% (12th) | 75.0% (29th) |
| Shots For | 32.5 (2nd) | 28.9 (9th) |
| Shots Against | 23.8 (1st) | 24.3 (2nd) |
| Leading Scorers | Aho-78 pts Jarvis-66 pts Svechnikov-66 pts Ehlers-64 pts Blake-47 pts |
Stutzle-76 pts Batherson-64 pts Cozens-53 pts Tkachuk-52 pts Sanderson-48 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Frederik Andersen 14-13-5 3.09 GAA, .871 sv% |
James Reimer 6-4-1 2.33 GAA, .883 sv% |