After a 6-2 hammering to the Philadelphia Flyers last night, the Montreal Canadiens and their boorish fans come to Ottawa to take on the Senators. Here are today's links:

Tonight's game

• Game preview. (NHL.com, Sens Extra)
• The prediction panel is pessimistic, with five predicting a loss, and two predicting a win. Two are predicting that the Sens will be shutout. Ian Mendes boldly predicts that the Sens have a three goal scoring spree.(Sens Extra)
• Alex Kovalev returns to the lineup tonight.  I am sure some of you will not be very happy about that. (Ian Mendes)
• Mike Brodeur gets the start tonight. (Ian Mendes)
• If interested, catch Peter Raaymakers from this site talk about the Senators on CBC Radio 91.5 in Ottawa tonight around 4:40 p.m.

Last night's game, other Sens and hockey news after the jump.

Last game

• Game recap. (NHL.com, Citizen)
• Stats from last night via NHL.com (Boxscore, Game summary, Event Summary, Faceoff Report, Play by Play, Ice time and shifts, Shot summary)
• Bruce Garrioch wonders if Clouston will be fired after last night's game. As of right now, Clouston is still the coach. (Sun)

General Sens News

• The Sens will have a new third jersey next season for their 20th anniversary, with the Big O being included in a rumoured style. (Sun)
• A case for picking up Evgeni Nabokov last night, though he has already signed with Detroit. (Sun)
• Players stats for the season so far. (Ottawa Senators)

General Hockey News

• As mentioned above, Evgeni Nabokov has signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings, he still has to clear waivers though. The Senators have the fourth highest priority behind New Jersey, Edmonton and the New York Islanders. (NHL.com)
• The Washington Capitals might be beginning their regular season in Moscow. That would make for an incredible atmosphere with the Capitals' contingent of Russian stars. (Yahoo!)