Silver Nuggets: Leclaire to start; Lee in for Carkner
A late batch of headlines before tonight's game between the Ottawa Senators and Minnesota Wild:
- Pascal Leclaire gets the start in nets, while Brian Lee will finally see some game action. Matt Carkner will
be the healthy scratchmiss the game to nurse a cut in his leg. (@NHL_Sens) - My record has taken a beating recently in the prediction panel. Today, most have called for an Ottawa win. (Sens Extra)
- All sorts of Brian Lee headlines as the Sens head to his home state of Minnesota. He's been "frustrated and disappointed" after being scratched the last 25 games. (Sun)
- Lee wants to play tonight. His family will be in the stands. (Citizen)
- Ottawa's offence is heating up, at least a little bit. (Citizen, via Gazette)
- A father's road trip? Cue the winning streak! (Citizen, Sun)
- If that's not good enough for you, the Senators just changed their skates! Cue the winning streak! (Citizen)
- The Sens should rebuild? Cue the losing streak! (Citizen)
- Expect Jared Cowen to have a bigger role than last year at the World Juniors. I hope so, because he was benched for most of last year's. (Sens)
- The Sens brass are also high on defender David Rundblad,
who we should also see in the World Juniors this year.(Edit: Rundblad is not eligible for the WJC this year due to age) (Sun) - Barry Brust has been key to the fairly modest success the B-Sens have had this season. (Press & Sun Bulletin)