Game 29 Hub: Ottawa Senators at Carolina Hurricanes
Chasing the playoffs by chasing the storm
The Senators hit the road for a quick trip to Carolina and back, hoping to keep the overall momentum from their home stand going.
Sens lines from the morning skate in Carolina.
— TSN 1200 Ottawa (@TSN1200) December 13, 2024
Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Giroux-Stützle-Gaudette
Cousins-Pinto-Amadio
Gregor-Ostapchuk-Greig
Reinhardt
Sanderson-Hamonic
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-JBD
Haven't seen who is starting in net yet, but presumably it will be Ullmark.
Game Notes
- Raleigh has not been kind to Ottawa in recent years - the last win was December 2021, and the Canes in general have outscored Ottawa 20-6 between this season and last
- Cole Reinhardt was called up from Belleville for tonight. Presumably in case Ostapchuk can't go, but he was participating in the morning skate so Reinhardt might be the odd man out tonight
- Tale of two team's goaltending recently. As Ottawa's has improved, Carolina's has fallen - both as straight SV% and as goals saved above expected
- Do I need to say "watch out for Martin Necas"? He's third in the league for points this season... so watch out for Martin Necas
- Game time is 7pm, on TSN5 and RDS
Stats
| Game 29 | Senators | Hurricanes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | # | Rank | # | Rank |
| Goals/GP | 3.11 | 15th | 3.71 | 3rd |
| Goals against/GP | 3.07 | 16th | 2.93 | 12th |
| Shots/GP | 31 | 3rd | 32.3 | 2nd |
| Shots against/GP | 27.4 | 8th | 25.1 | 2nd |
| Powerplay % | 27.6 | 5th | 28.3 | 3rd |
| Penalty Kill % | 75.6 | 24th | 84 | 3rd |
| Corsi % (5v5 SVA) | 52.9 | 7th | 60.75 | 1st |
| xGF% (5v5 SVA) | 52.57 | 8th | 57.56 | 1st |
| Senators | Hurricanes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Player | Player | ||
| Goals | Brady Tkachuk | 14 | Martin Necas | 14 |
| Assists | Tim Stützle | 26 | Martin Necas | 29 |
| Points | Tim Stützle | 36 | Martin Necas | 43 |
| Shots | Brady Tkachuk | 120 | Andrei Svechnikov | 93 |
| TOI/GP | Jake Sanderson | 24:28 | Brent Burns | 21:32 |
