GAME DAY: New Jersey Devils @ Ottawa Senators - 7:00pm EST - Sat. Nov. 7th, 2009 plus post game thoughts

The Ottawa Senators (7-4-2, 16 points, 2nd in the North East) welcome the New Jersey Devils (9-4-0, 18 points, 3rd in the Atlantic) to Scotiabank Place on Saturday night. The Devils will be playing their 2nd game in as many nights as they hosted the Islanders on Friday night. The Devils are sporting quite a few injured stars, but they are always a threat with Bordeur in net no matter how down and out they seem. They had a slow start to the season but seem to be finding their stride recently. Brodeur's play has improved significantly. The Sens welcomed Spezza back in style on Thursday night as he got his first goal of the season with the game winner in OT. Spezza's play has been fantastic this season but had yet to find the back of the net until then. The Sens' PP looked better and will hopefully continue to improve. Fisher in front of the net seemed to spark the PP... hopefully a sign of things to come. Let's send those Devils back to hell, where they belong. GO SENS GO!!!

Note: this GDT was put up before the Devils-Isles game has been played on Friday night, so Devils-related stats will not include that game.

Game Coverage:
- TV: CBC, MSG PLUS 2
- Radio: Team 1200
- Web: Live on CBCSports.ca 5

CBC.ca stream: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/Live_Streaming/Live_Stream:_Hockey_Night_in_Canada/ID=1303812797

Game Day Updates:
Clouston: Shannon and Donovan not playing. Winchester will play. Leclaire starts in goal.

Team Lineups:
Ottawa Senators: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/ottawa-senators-team-lineup
New Jersey Devils: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/new-jersey-devils-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips:

Source: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11009

Ottawa Senators:

Milan Michalek did not skate on Friday, but it was only a maintenance day and he will play on Saturday against the Devils. - TSN

Practice Lines:

Forwards:
Shannon - Spezza - Alfredsson
Foligno - Fisher - Kovalev
Cheechoo - Regin - Neil
Ruutu - Kelly - Donovan/Winchester

Defencemen:
Phillips - Lee
Campoli - Kuba
Picard - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Leclaire
Elliott

Injuries:
Winchester (knee, questionable for Thursday's game); Volchenkov (dislocated right elbow, on injured reserve)

New Jersey Devils:

The Canadiens claimed Jay Leach off waivers from the Devils on Friday. - TSN

Patrik Elias skated with wingers Matt Halischuk and Jamie Langenbrunner in place of injured forward Rob Niedermayer. It appears Elias will play his first game of the season on Friday versus the Islanders. Niedermayer will not play in the Devils' next two games says head coach Jacques Lemaire. Niedermayer was hurt during the game on Wednesday against the Capitals and missed practice on Thursday. - Star Ledger

Goaltender Yann Danis will get the start against the Islanders on Friday. - Star Ledger

Forward Patrik Elias, who has missed the entire season with a groin injury, might make his season-debut on Friday. Forward Rob Niedermayer will be evaluated on Thursday. He left Wednesday's game with an undisclosed injury. - Star Ledger

Projected Lines vs the Sens:

Forwards:
Parise - Zajac - Bergfors
Langenbrunner - Elias - Halischuk
Rolston - Zhubrus - Pikkarainen
Peters - Pelley - Clarkson

Defencemen:
Salvador - Greene
White - Mottau
Fraser - Murphy

Goaltenders:
Brodeur
Danis

Injuries:
Patrik Elias (groin surgery, may play Friday); Jay Pandolfo (shoulder, in IR, out 4-6 weeks); Paul Martin (left arm, on IR, out 4-6 weeks); Rob Neidermayer (upper body, will miss Fridya's game); Johnny Oduya (lower body, expected to miss Friday's game)

Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview:

Source: http://senators.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2009020229

NHL.com Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.nhl.com/ice/preview.htm?id=2009020229

Sportsnet.ca Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/20091107/NJ@Ott/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=291107014

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Clouston post-practice presser from Saturday: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/091107_Clouston-01.mp3
- Clouston post-practice presser from Friday: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/091106_Clouston.mp3
- SensTV On-line: http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp
- Official Twitter of the Ottawa Senators: http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens

Ottawa's Last Game: vs Tampa Bay Lightning
- Date: Thu. Nov. 5th, 2009
- Score: Lightning 2 - Senators 3 (OT)
- Recap: http://senators.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009020211
- Boxscore: http://senators.nhl.com/club/boxscore.htm?id=2009020211
- Game Summary: http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/GS020211.HTM
- Video: http://senators.nhl.com/club/gamevideo.htm?id=2009020211

Notable Senators articles

Ottawa Sun:
Michalek missing in practice: http://www.ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/2009/11/06/11661331.html

Ottawa Sun:
Spezza to the rescue: http://www.ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/2009/11/05/11652471.html

Ottawa Sun:
Downie goes off on Neil: http://www.ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/2009/11/05/11652881.html

Ottawa Citizen:
Spezza shines: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/Spezza+shines+Senators+down+Lightning/2189934/story.html

Ottawa Citizen:
Carrie Underwood gushes over Fisher: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/Carrie+Underwood+gushes+over+Mike+Fisher+Regis+Kelly/2188678/story.html

Ottawa Citizen:
Sens prospect becomes first OHL H1N1 case: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators/Senators+prospect+becomes+first+H1N1+case/2189892/story.html

OttawaSenators.com:
Sens slaute troops on CF night: http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=505001

OttawaSenators.com:
Winchester returns to Sens after conditioning stint: http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=504919

Notable Devils articles:

NewJerseyDevils.com
Lemaire salutes Lamoriello's Hall honor: http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=504979

NewJerseyDevils.com
No decision on when Elias will play: http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=504666

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GO SENS GO!!!

Stock the beer fridge... it's the weekend!

Fridge? My garage is much bigger and just as cold.

Yikes, the Sins (pun intended)get nearly twice as many PIMs as the Devils. And we only have one guy -- Fisher -- who's close to averaging 3 shots per game? WTH?

wprager wrote:Fridge? My garage is much bigger and just as cold.

Really? How cold is your garage now? I like to keep my beer fridge between 3 and 6 deg C. Mmmmm beer.

Leclaire looking forward facing Brodeur...

http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=505077

Haha, so that Sens City campaign of a few years ago could make a resurfacing now, cause we are the Sinators.

Edit:

While Googling 'Sens City' to see if I could find that old thing, I came across a few funny sites:

http://www.sensandthecity.com/ - Alfie, Fisher, Spezza and Philly sitting around and talking about their personal lives.

S.E.N.S - City Of Sadness - iJigg.com - too many sad memories of playoff losses.

MySenCity.com - pretty self-explanatory, fan site

shabbs wrote:

wprager wrote:Fridge? My garage is much bigger and just as cold.

Really? How cold is your garage now? I like to keep my beer fridge between 3 and 6 deg C. Mmmmm beer.

It was 0 degrees outside and the garage was around 5. Then I had the garage door open for a couple of hours and it got even colder.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

wprager wrote:Fridge? My garage is much bigger and just as cold.

Really? How cold is your garage now? I like to keep my beer fridge between 3 and 6 deg C. Mmmmm beer.

It was 0 degrees outside and the garage was around 5. Then I had the garage door open for a couple of hours and it got even colder.

Beautiful. It's not that cold here yet... and it's going to be 14 degrees this weekend... mmmm BBQ!

Devils have signed Dean McAmmond...

http://compusolpei.com/spectorshockey.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=688:devils-sign-mcammond&catid=13:latest-news&Itemid=21

Two-way, one year, $500K.

GO SENS GO!!!

Lines at practice today: Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson; Foligno-Fisher-Kovalev; Cheechoo-Regin-Neil-Shannon; Ruutu-Kelly-Winchester-Donovan.

shabbs wrote:Lines at practice today: Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson; Foligno-Fisher-Kovalev; Cheechoo-Regin-Neil-Shannon; Ruutu-Kelly-Winchester-Donovan.

Hmm, will be interesting to see which two sit in the press box.

Clouston: Shannon and Donovan not playing. Winchester will play. Leclaire starts in goal.

Clouston post-practice presser today: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/091107_Clouston-01.mp3