Game 19 Preview: Detroit Red Wings @ Ottawa Senators

After a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of the Florida Panthers, the Ottawa Senators (7-8-3) look to rebound in a divisional matchup against the Detroit Red Wings (8-8-2).

Ottawa has had four days to mentally reset from their last outing, while the Wings are riding a four-game winning streak. They are coming off an impressive 6-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30ET, and you can catch this one on TSN5, RDS2, and Fox Sports for our friends south of the border.

The Senators will be going 12-6 tonight, with Max McCormick and Christian Jaros having a seat in the press box as healthy scratches. Craig Anderson will make his 16th start of the young season.

Here are the expected lines and pairing for the Sens tonight:

Morning line rushes:
Boedker Duchene Batherson
Tkachuk White Stone
Dzingel Tierney Ryan
Paajarvi Smith Pyatt

Chabot DeMelo
Lajoie Ceci
Borowiecki Wideman

— TSN 1200 (@TSN1200) November 15, 2018

Game Notes

• Senators rookie Drake Batherson makes his NHL debut tonight. He has been red-hot in Belleville thus far, posting 20 points in 14 games. Boucher playing him with Duchene shows he has faith in the young gun, and he’ll get a great opportunity to shine tonight.
• It’s Hockey Fights Cancer Night, so make sure to wear pink if you’re heading to CTC for tonight’s contest.
• Zack Smith returns to the lineup tonight, for the first time since suffering a facial fracture in Colorado.
• Info on Detroit, including their lineup for tonight, can be found at our sister blog Wingin’ it in Motown
• Colin White is good to go after leaving the game against Florida early, it’ll be exciting to watch what he can do with Tkachuk and Stone. That’s a nice-looking line.
• Ryan Dzingel is on a four-game scoring streak, so let’s see if he can keep that up tonight. Though on a line with Tierney and Ryan, that may be a difficult ask.
• It’s a Thursday. It’s a home game. So Ottawa will be wearing their Centennial jerseys 😍/

As always, here are some stats, courtesy of NHL.com and Natural Stat Trick:

Team Stats

Player Stats