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The Ottawa Senators will look to improve their slim playoff chances when they visit Montréal to take on the Canadiens. The Senators are a disappointing 2-3-1 since the Olympic break and with 17 games to go, they will have to go on a tear to get in the playoffs.
The only change tonight will be that Robin Lehner will start with Craig Anderson injured. Here are the lines from Nicolas St-Pierre.
Greening - Smith - Neil
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Michalek - Spezza - Hemsky
Hoffman - Zibanejad - Condra
Methot - Karlsson
Cowen - Gryba
Phillips - Ceci
Lehner (starter)
Lawson
Some notes for tonight:
- Got to win 'em all. Or most of them. A regulation win tonight would leave the Sens seven points behind the Habs with two games in hand.
- Robin Lehner makes his first start since that disastrous game against Detroit after the Olympic break. He was pretty good against Nashville though.
- Eric Gryba will probably play every game against the Canadiens. Patrick Wiercioch continues to be inexplicably scratched.
- Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky continue to light some mups. Hemsky has six assists in three games with Ottawa.
- With Clarke MacArthur back, it will be interesting to see Paul MacLean utilises the Hoffman - Zibanejad - Condra line which has the potential to be very good if given the chance by the coach.
- Jared Cowen has scored in two straight games!
- Carey Price will play his first game since winning the gold medal against Erik Karlsson and Sweden.
Here are some stats leaders for the two teams tonight.
Category | Ottawa | Montréal | ||
Player | # | Player | # | |
Goals | Bobby Ryan | 22 | Max Pacioretty | 30 |
Assists | Erik Karlsson | 41 | P.K. Subban | 35 |
Points | Erik Karlsson | 58 | P.K. Subban | 45 |
Shots | Erik Karlsson | 207 | Max Pacioretty | 216 |
Average Ice time | Erik Karlsson | 27:18 | Andrei Markov | 25:08 |
Category | Ottawa | Montréal | ||
# | Rank | # | Rank | |
Goals For | 2.80 | 11th | 2.42 | 23rd |
Goals Against | 3.18 | 28th | 2.49 | 10th |
Corsi Close % | 51.8% | 9th | 47.2% | 26th |
Fenwick Close % | 50.6% | 14th | 48.2% | 24th |
Shots For | 32.4 | 4th | 28.3 | 24th |
Shots Against | 34.4 | 28th | 30.5 | 20th |
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