Game 9 Hub: Ottawa Senators vs Los Angeles Kings

At 4-4-0, the Ottawa Senators are in last place in the Atlantic. Meaning they're on pace for 41-41-0, and 82 points in the standings, missing the playoffs by a long shot.

At +6, the Ottawa Senators have the third-best goal differential in the Atlantic. Meaning they're on pace for a +61 goal differential, virtually a lock to make the playoffs.

What a strange team. Here's how they'll line up against the Los Angeles Kings tonight – an identical lineup from Saturday:

Game Notes:

• Depth scoring is greatly improved so far this year for the Sens, with 8 forwards with at least 4 points. The top line of Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, and Claude Giroux are each at least a point per game, as are Vladimir Tarasenko and Josh Norris. Ridly Greig and Mathieu Joseph have 7 each, and Jakob Chychrun is leading the way on defense with 8.
• Goaltending, on the other hand, has been a mixed bag. Both Anton Forsberg and Joonas Korpisalo have run hot and cold this season. Korpisalo will get his third-straight start after stopping 41 of 43 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
• The Kings, coming off a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Halloween (a Leafs loss, the least-scary thing imaginable, go figure.), are sitting at 5-2-2 and also have several players producing at a decent clip, including 2020 2nd-overall pick Quinton Byfield, with 6 points in 9 games.
• Sens 2014 second-rounder Andreas Englund, who has hopped around quite a bit as a depth defenseman in the NHL, scored his first NHL goal in that 4-1 victory and now has appeared to settle into a longer-term role with the Kings, with 3 points in 9 games thus far.
• Cam Talbot is 4-2-1 with a .914 save percentage. Expect him to get the start against Ottawa. Which is just great if you know what former goalies tend to do to the Senators.
• Tonight's game is scheduled for 7:00 pm EST, available on RDS, TSN5, and TSN1200.

Stats:

• From NHL.com and NaturalStatTrick.com