Game 14 Preview & Open Thread: Ottawa Senators @ New York Islanders
The Sens hop across the East River to wrap up a New York back-to-back
After romping all over the Rangers last night, the Senators pop over to Brooklyn for the second half of their back-to-back tonight.
With no injuries and coming off of a dominant effort you probably would expect the same lineup outside of the crease, but DJ Smith said before yesterday’s game that Erik Brannstrom would be out tonight and Cody Goloubef would be in, and Artem Anisimov’s return to health makes Filip Chlapik a healthy scratch. Craig Anderson gets the start.
Paul - Tierney - C. Brown
Anisimov - Beaudin - Ennis
Boedker - Namestnikov - Ryan
Chabot - Zaitsev
Goloubef - Hainsey
Borowiecki - DeMelo
Anderson (starter)
Nilsson
Game Notes
- How are the New York Islanders on a league high nine game winning streak?
- Two power play goals last night pad the success rate a bit, but we’re still waiting on the Sens PP to actually look good for an extended stretch
- Brady Tkachuk really managed to get under the Rangers skin last night, drawing four penalties. With those four added in, he leads the league in drawn penalties so far this season. Every other team in the Eastern conference is going to hate him and it will be absolutely amazing
- Nick Paul has been a beast in the faceoff circle. 69% last night, and the only game he was below even was his season debut in Vegas
- Connor Brown has a seven point, six game streak going right now
- It’s a 7pm start on TSN5, RDS2 and on the radio with TSN1200/
Stats (via NHL.com and NaturalStatTrick.com):
Team Stats
| Ottawa | Senators | New York | Islanders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Rank | # | Rank | |
| Goals/GP | 2.85 | 20th | 3.00 | 17th |
| Goals against/GP | 3.31 | 21st | 2.23 | 3rd |
| Shots/GP | 31.1 | 15th | 27.0 | 31st |
| Shots against/GP | 34.7 | 28th | 31.4 | 17th |
| Powerplay % | 8.3 | 31st | 22.7 | 11th |
| Penalty Kill % | 78.9 | 22nd | 83.8 | 10th |
| Corsi % (5v5, Score and Venue Adjusted) | 46.00 | 29th | 45.02 | 30th |
| Fenwick % (5v5, SVA) | 47.53 | 24th | 46.68 | 28th |
Player Stats
| Ottawa | Senators | New York | Islanders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Player | # | Player | # |
| Goals | Anthony Duclair / Jean-Gabriel Pageau / Valdislav Namestnikov | 5 | Mathew Barzal | 6 |
| Assists | Connor Brown | 10 | Anthony Beauvillier / Brock Nelson / Devon Toews / Johnny Boychuk / Josh Bailey | 6 |
| Points | Connor Brown | 12 | Mathew Barzal / Josh Bailey | 11 |
| Shots | Brady Tkachuk | 51 | Brock Nelson | 38 |
| Time On Ice | Thomas Chabot | 26:20 | Adam Pelech | 21:29 |