This one kind of speaks for itself.
After a spectacular road trip where the Sens racked up 9 of a possible 10 points and willed themselves back into the playoff race in the Eastern Conference, they now return home to take on a Division rival. And with just 19 games left in the regular season and all the teams they’re chasing playing well, this is a game the Sens desperately need.
The Ottawa Senators host the Montreal Canadiens on a slippery Wednesday night in Kanata, Ontario.
The out-of-town scoreboard sucked pretty hard last night which makes tonight a “just keep pace” kind of thing. The Senators are three back of the Blue Jackets and five back of the Bruins but they have games in hand on both. They’re six back of the Red Wings with a couple in hand and a head-to-head match-up on the horizon. Just keep winning.
The Senators are on the ice for a morning skate at the CTC and it seems like they’ll roll the same lineup as the other night in Vancouver. Something like this.
Batherson-Stützle-Giroux
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Cousins-Pinto-Amadio
Foegele-Eller-Zetterlund
Chabot-Zub
Kleven-Spence
Matinpalo-Jensen
Linus Ullmark starts.
Puck drops at 7:38 PM at The Tire. The game is on Sportsnet, TSN1200,. 104.7 FM and on illegal internet streaming sites all across the information super-highway.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 35-18-10 (80 pts) | 32-22-9 (73 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.54 (3rd) | 3.35 (9th) |
| Goals Against | 3.25 (24th) | 3.14 (21st) |
| Power Play | 24.9% (6th) | 23.0% (9th) |
| Penalty Kill | 76.8% (27th) | 73.5% (30th) |
| Shots For | 26.4 (24th) | 28.8 (10th) |
| Shots Against | 27.5 (12th) | 24.3 (2nd) |
| Leading Scorers | Suzuki-74 pts Hutson-65 pts Caufield-64 pts Slafkovsky-52 pts Demidov-49 pts |
Stutzle-68 pts Batherson-55 pts Cozens-49 pts Sanderson-48 pts Tkachuk-43 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Sam Montembeault 10-8-4 3.24 GAA, .872 sv% |
Linus Ullmark 19-8-7 2.83 GAA, .884 sv% |