Silver Nuggets: Senators officially eliminated; Anderson/Lehner get shutouts; Karlsson enjoying ice time

by Adnan on Mar 26, 2011 3:17 PM EDT in Silver Nuggets

The Ottawa Senators were officially eliminated from playoff contention Friday night after a 4-2 win by the Buffalo Sabres over the Florida Panthers. The Senators did manage to win 2-0 against the Washington Capitals, previously winners of 11 out of 12. The game before, they ended a 5 game winning streak by the New York Rangers and last week beat the seemingly unstoppable New Jersey Devils.

The Senators don't play today, but play on Sunday afternoon against the Atlanta Thrashers. Daniel Alfredsson, son of Hasse, King of Ottawa, Defender of the Senators, may God bless him, is expected to travel with the team.

Here are today's links:

Last game

Game recap. (Sun, Citizen)
Stats from last night via NHL.com (Boxscore, Game Summary, Event Summary, Faceoff report, Play by play, Ice Time and Shifts, Shot report)
Post-game video with Cory Clouston, Milan Michalek and Colin Greening. (Ottawa Senators)

General Sens News

Erik Karlsson is really enjoying the heavy workload given to him by Cory Clouston. Over the last 5 games, Karlsson has been a plus in every game, averaging 29:13 of ice time a game, with 4 points and a +7 rating. The Senators went 4-1 in those games. (Ottawa Senators)
Craig Anderson wasn't the only player in the organisation to get a shutout last night. Robin Lehner returned from injury to make 31 saves in a 3-0 shutout win against the AHL's top club. Anderson also made 31 saves. (Pressconnects.com)
Craig Anderson was named first star on Puck Daddy last night. (Yahoo!)
Mike Brodeur has been sent back to Binghamton, which presumably means that Curtis McElhinney should return tomorrow. (Ottawa Senators)
Pascal Leclaire feels he can return to the NHL next season. (Citizen)
David Rundblad's Skellefteå won 2-1 in overtime today to avoid falling into a 3-0 hole. Rundblad played 25:38, had no points, one shot and three hits. (Hockeyligan.se)
Also, since I hijacked her song thread last time. Here is a link to Nikki's (Peter's girlfriend) song about the Senators elimination. May I get off her list. (Silver Seven Sens)

More after the jump.

General Hockey News

Here is an awesome stat. Marc-Andre Fleury has never allowed a goal on March 25 in his professional career. After last night's shutout win, he has played four games on March 25, faced 112 shots and stopped all 112 of them. (Yahoo!)
What would hockey be like if we didn't hate teams? Ryan Lambert takes a look. (Yahoo!)

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1st comment ever woot!

Its kinda strange how a few months ago i couldnt wait for this disaster of a season to end. Then BM goes and swings a few trades, we bring up some young blood, and now I wish there was another 80+ games left to play! Sens are fun to watch again! :D

And welcome back Alfie! Please dont get injured……

by Brandon Isenor on Mar 26, 2011 9:16 PM EDT reply actions

It's awesome how exciting this season has become

You’re right, it was soooo painful for the first 50 games or so. But since the deadline, especially the Anderson deal, it’s been awesome. I love the new guys (Butler, Condra, Greening).

An Ottawa Senators fan blogging at www.silversevensens.com

by Peter Raaymakers on Mar 26, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions

It's not just that we were losing, it was how we were losing

But now, even the few games we’ve lost in the last couple weeks have been exciting and the team didn’t give up.

Those early games this year, we’d give up a crap goal or two right away, the whole team would get that shell-shocked look, and it was just awful to watch. It seemed like we couldn’t keep up with anybody. We got outworked constantly.

Now, the other teams can’t keep up with us, and there’s no doubt everbody’s working hard. It’s great. I’m sorry I have to wait until October to see what happens.

by BorisB on Mar 26, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Adnan!

Nikki says you been moved down the list. Not quite off, but…

An Ottawa Senators fan blogging at www.silversevensens.com

by Peter Raaymakers on Mar 26, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

Woo!

Should I bring her cookies next week?

Trying to be Erik Karlsson's agent since October, 2010.

by Adnan on Mar 26, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

You're still on top of my list Adnan

by Alexander Calloway on Mar 27, 2011 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Someone say cookies???

Butler, Anacondra, and Greening deserve some definite top line or 2nd line consideration next season. More so than lets say Foligno……oh and bring back shannon next season too. I like his sudden goal skoring touch he has developed haha.

Btw if Adnan is handing out cookies, send some my way. Im easy to find. Just look for what appears to be the only sens fan in BC haha

by Brandon Isenor on Mar 26, 2011 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

Actually two of the writers on this blog are from BC!

I am not sure of their cookie likes though. ;)

Trying to be Erik Karlsson's agent since October, 2010.

by Adnan on Mar 26, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Welcome to the site!

As Adnan said, two writers—Darren and Ryan—are living in Vancouver right now.

And as Dave awesomely pointed out, the ‘reply’ function is a lifesaver!

An Ottawa Senators fan blogging at www.silversevensens.com

by Peter Raaymakers on Mar 27, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Really? Wow!

All I find are leafs, Habs, and obviously Canucks fans! I hop on this site to find out what other Sens fans are thinking. You know how hard it is for me to even find a Sens Jersey or other shiny Sens stuff here in Kamloops. Its depressing.

Then again lack of Ottawa fans in town has led me to come hear to read all of your insights. So thats something :P

Btw thank all you guys for keeping me up to date and entertained for so long. Never posted until now but been reading your Nuggets and comments and such for a long while now

by Brandon Isenor on Mar 26, 2011 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

hey man!

Welcome to the site! you will love commenting here, the dialogue is awesome. One tip from a wiley veteran is to click the reply button on a post that you want to say something about, that way all thoughts about that post almost form its own thread, and it will appear automatically below that post, and a little indented, like mine is here on yours!

looking forward to hearing more from you!

http://ottawasconsensus.blogspot.com/

by DaveYoung on Mar 26, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

sometimes even about hockey

by Hockey Playoff Run SensFan on Mar 27, 2011 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions

FYI:

After a long drought, Fisher scored two and almost had the hatty for us tonight. Nice to see him get some in finally. :)

by DonBorvio on Mar 26, 2011 11:41 PM EDT reply actions

A HATTY FOR FISHER?!?!

Colour me surprised! Then again, he’s always been a streaky guy—I guess he was just coming off his cool streak with emphasis.

An Ottawa Senators fan blogging at www.silversevensens.com

by Peter Raaymakers on Mar 27, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, the streak turning hot (hopefully) couldn’t come at a better time (heading into the playoffs).

by DonBorvio on Mar 27, 2011 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Congrats to Fisher

No one works harder goals, even if they do come it spurts. Good to see his drought end. Kinda caught on what to hope for with Nashville though. Do we pray for them to crash and burn over the next few games and get a higher first round. Or have them advance in the playoffs and get the other pick.

Then again do we pray the sens start losing more (but make it damn exciting!) or do we enjoy the ride, and the wins, and lose out on a coveted draft pick?
Hockey seems to get too complicated when a teams rebuilding. Im enjoying the wins while they come and whoever we draft im sure they will contribute to the team. (Although RNH or GL would be pretty awesome to have in a Sens jersey)

by Brandon Isenor on Mar 27, 2011 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions