A preview of the Senators.
When and where: 7:30 p.m., Scotiabank Place.
TV: FSN Pittsburgh, TSN2, RDS.
Record: 9-6-3, 21 points. The Senators are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and second place in the Northeast Divison.
Leading Scorer: Daniel Alfredsson (right), 19 points (six goals, 13 assists).
Last Game: 3-2 home win, Tuesday. Mike Fisher had two goals for the Senators.
Last Game against the Penguins: 4-1 home loss, Oct. 12. Tyler Kennedy scored two goals for the Penguins.
Senators Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Filip Kuba. He had four assists in four games against the Penguins last season. He missed the game on Oct. 12.
Ex-Penguins on the Senators: Matt Carkner, D (Carkner is a former Wilkes-barre/Scranton Penguin); Shean Donovan, LW; Alex Kovalev, RW; Jarkko Ruutu, LW.
Ex-Senators on the Penguins: Phil Bourque, broadcaster; Ray Shero, general manager (he was an assistant general manager with Ottawa).
Useless Senators Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: Alex Kovalev still the top career scorer in Penguins history amongh Soviet or Russian born players with 347 points. Evgeni Malkin is sneaking up on him with with 321.
Best Senators YouTube Video We Could Find: A line brawl between the Senators and Bruins that featured one-time Penguins Bill Guerin, Hall Gill, Shawn McEachern and Patrick Lalime:
Notes:
-Marc-Andre Fleury (11-6-0, 2.49 GAA, .905 SV%) and Pascal Leclaire (7-5-1, 2.82 GAA, .896 SV%) are your expected starters in net.
-For the Penguins, forward Maxime Talbot (shoulder) is probable. Defensemen Alex Goligoski ("lower body"), Jay McKee (finger), Brooks Orpik (undisclosed) and forward Chris Kunitz ("lower body") are out. Defensemen Sergei Gonchar (wrist), Kris Letang (shoulder) and forward Tyler Kennedy (groin) are on injured reserve. While Gonchar is questionable to return tonight, he is still officially listed on injured reserve.
-For the Senators, defenseman Anton Volchenkov (elbow) is on injured reserve.
-One!?! One!?! One stinking defenseman!?! That's it!?!
-Welcome back Maxime Talbot. (Probably.)
-Say, did you hear about all these injuries on defense for the Penguins?
-Kovalev and Fisher have developed some chemistry.
-Senators defenseman Chris Phillips, the first overall pick of the 1996 draft, is expected to play in his 800th career game.
-Tickets were still available as of midnight.
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Posted
Nov 19 2009, 03:12 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh