Three games to go.
Thanks to an outstanding homestand, the Sens head into the weekend in a good spot. But as Kobe Bryant would say, “job’s not finished”. There are still all sorts of other teams in the mix and this afternoon, one of those other teams will line up on the other side of the ice.
The Ottawa Senators visit the New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon.
This is as big as it gets and frankly, I am not comfortable saying anything more than that.
No morning skate obviously but we can probably assume same lineup tonight.
Batherson-Stützle-Giroux
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Cousins-Pinto-Amadio
Foegele-Eller-Zetterlund
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Spence
Matinpalo-Thomson
Linus Ullmark likely starts.
Puck shall drop at 1:08 PM. The usual broadcast options are available (TSN5, TVA Sports, TSN1200, 104.7 FM, Pirates).
A tidy lil overview of the matchup can be viewed below.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 42-27-10 (94 pts) | 43-31-5 (91 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.37 (8th) | 2.87 (23rd) |
| Goals Against | 3.04 (15th) | 2.87 (5th) |
| Power Play | 23.5% (8th) | 17.2% (29th) |
| Penalty Kill | 75.1% (29th) | 81.1% (9th) |
| Shots For | 28.9 (8th) | 28.2 (16th) |
| Shots Against | 24.4 (3rd) | 28.0 (18th) |
| Leading Scorers | Stutzle-82 pts Batherson-69 pts Tkachuk-59 pts Cozens-57 pts Sanderson-53 pts |
Barzal-71 pts Schaefer-59 pts Horvat-56 pts Lee-42 pts Holmstrom-41 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Linus Ullmark 27-12-8 2.78 GAA, .889 sv% |
Ilya Sorokin 29-22-2 2.6 GAA, .908 sv% |