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After getting goalied again on Saturday, the Senators will hope to continue their recent trend of actually outshooting their opponents and maybe, just maybe, they’ll find a way to score some goals, with so many of their top forwards on the injured reserve. Josh Norris remains sidelined on a precautionary basis after a scary-looking shoulder injury last week so we’ll have another rookie-heavy lineup, against the Oilers.
Ottawa practiced with these lines yesterday (Cole Reinhardt held Brady Tkachuk’s place but the latter should play today after taking a maintenance day on Sunday):
Lines at #Sens practice:
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Cole Reinhardt-Stützle-Ennis
Formenton-Tierney-Gaudette
Sanford-Paul-Watson
Sokolov-Bishop-Kastelic
Chabot-Thomson
Holden-Zub
Brannstrom-J.Brown
Heatherington-Mete
Murray
Forsberg
The Oilers, meanwhile, rolled these lines and pairings in their last game (a win over Montreal):
Foegele - Draisaitl - Puljujarvi
Hyman - Nugent-Hopkins - Kassian
Shore - Ryan - McLeod
Nurse - Bouchard
Keith - Ceci
Lagesson - Russell
Game Notes:
- Erik Brännström has cleared COVID protocol and will replace Victor Mete on defence.
- As always, Ottawa needs to avoid the Oilers’ powerplay at all costs. Even with all of their injuries, the Sens can likely hang with Edmonton at five-on-five (especially at home) but Edmonton has a distinct advantage on special teams. And who knows what to expect from these goaltenders anymore.
- On that note, Matt Murray likely starts for Ottawa while Edmonton could stick with Stuart Skinner who won his last game (Saturday).
- In terms of hometown connections, Cody Ceci likely pays a visit to Ottawa tonight while former Senator Kyle Turris remains on Edmonton’s taxi squad. Slater Koekkoek, from Winchester, probably stays a healthy scratch. Tyler Ennis, currently on fire, faces off against his former/hometown team.
- Go Sens Go.
Where to watch: RDS, SN, TSN1200 @ 7:30PMEST
Stats
Players
Game 39 | Ottawa | Senators | Edmonton | Oilers |
---|---|---|---|---|
Game 39 | Ottawa | Senators | Edmonton | Oilers |
Category | Player | # | Player | # |
Goals | Josh Norris | 18 | Leon Draisaitl | 31 |
Assists | Drake Batherson | 21 | Connor McDavid | 37 |
Points | Drake Batherson | 34 | Leon Draisaitl | 61 |
Shots | Brady Tkachuk | 125 | Connor McDavid | 149 |
TOI | Thomas Chabot | 27:08 | Darnell Nurse | 26:29 |
Teams
Game 39 | Ottawa | Senators | Edmonton | Oilers |
---|---|---|---|---|
Game 39 | Ottawa | Senators | Edmonton | Oilers |
Category | Rank | # | Rank | # |
Goals | 22nd | 2.74 | 10th | 3.26 |
Goals against | 26th | 3.37 | 22nd | 3.26 |
Shots | 17th | 30.40 | 10th | 32.92 |
Shots against | 27th | 33.04 | 24th | 32.10 |
Powerplay | 22nd | 18.0% | 2nd | 28.6% |
Penalty Kill | 15th | 80.7% | 20th | 77.3% |
Corsi (5V5SVA) | 24th | 46.6% | 12th | 51.8% |
xGoals (5V5SVA) | 23rd | 47.1% | 14th | 50.9% |
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