Game 63 Preview: Ottawa Senators @ Washington Capitals

The season isn’t actually over, even if it feels like it

Yes, there is still hockey to be played. 20 games in fact.

Rudolfs Balcers and Christian Wolanin are back in the lineup after their whirlwind reassignment to Belleville that didn’t even require them to get off their couch, and Mark Borowiecki returns tonight. Oscar Lindberg and Brian Gibbons have also joined the team.

Here’s the lineups from today’s morning skate:

Tkachuk White Duclair
Smith Pageau Ryan
Balcers Tierney Boedker
Paajarvi Lindberg Gibbons

Chabot DeMelo
Wolanin Ceci
Borowiecki Jaros

Nilsson (starter)
Anderson

Game Notes

  • I’m not still angry, you’re still angry!
  • Okay, we’re all still angry.
  • Anthony Duclair had a solid showing in his first game, let’s see if he can string a few together in a row. It’d sure be nice to have a reclamation project turn into something reliable.
  • At least the goal drought ended last game.
  • To end on a legitimate, no sarcasm high point, the PK is rolling again having killed a perfect nine of nine times shorthanded in the past three games and are SIXTH in the league since January 6th (Pageau’s return)./

Here are some player stats, via nhl.com and Natural Stat Trick:

Team Stats

OttawaSenatorsSt. LouisBlues
CategoryValueRankValueRank
Goals/GP2.9318th2.8719th
Goals Against/GP3.7131st2.757th
Shots/GP29.923rd31.616th
Shots Against/GP36.031st28.63rd
Powerplay %20.014th20.413th
Penalty Kill %79.422nd80.813th
Corsi (5v5, Score & Venue Adjusted)44.4931st51.619th
Fenwick (5v5, SVA)45.0131st52.369th

Player Stats

OttawaSenatorsSt. LouisBlues
--Player#Player#
GoalsBrady Tkachuk16Vladimir Tarasenko28
AssistsThomas Chabot36Ryan O'Reilly41
PointsThomas Chabot49Ryan O'Reilly67
ShotsBrady Tkachuk170Vladimir Tarasenko235
TOI/GPThomas Chabot24:03Alex Pietrangelo23:51

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