GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Buffalo Sabres - 7:00pm ET - Sat. Dec. 26th, 2009

The Ottawa Senators (18-15-4, 40 points, 3rd in the Northeast) continue their mini-road trip against the Buffalo Sabres (22-11-3, 47 points, 1st in the Northeast) on Saturday night.

Game Coverage:
- TV: MSG-B (HD)
- Radio: Team 1200
- Web: check http://www.atdhe.net and http://www.justin.tv

Latest Updates:
- Leclaire to start in net today as per Clouston
- Daniel Alfredsson expected to miss 4-6 weeks with shoulder injury as per Clouston
- Keller recalled from Bingo: http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens/status/7064039950

Team Lineups:
Ottawa Senators: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/ottawa-senators-team-lineup
Buffalo Sabres: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/buffalo-sabres-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips:

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

Ottawa Senators:

Daniel Alfredsson (shoulder) could miss a few weeks after suffering a left shoulder injury on Wednesday. The team says it will update his condition on Saturday. - TSN

Projected lines vs the Sabres (total guess by me):

Forwards:
Michalek - Fisher - Kovalev
Cheechoo - Regin - Shannon
Ruutu - Kelly - Neil
Donovan - Winchester - Keller

Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Kuba - Karlsson
Picard - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Leclaire
Elliott

Healthy scratches:
- Campoli

Injuries:
- Jason Spezza (knee, out 6-8 weeks)
- Nick Foligno (knee, expected to miss 2 weeks)
- Daniel Alfredsson (shoulder,

Buffalo Sabres:

Patrick Kaleta missed practice Wednesday while tending to his sore neck. Chris Butler had his first full practice since spraining his ankle Dec. 3. Butler was making progress but didn't have a timetable for his return - he could be ready after the Christmas break. - Buffalo News

Projected lineup vs the Sens:

Forwards:
Hecht - Roy -Stafford
Gaustad - Connolly - Grier
MacArthur - Kennedy - Pominville
Paetsch - Ellis - Mair

Defencemen:
Lydman - Rivet
Sekera - Montador
Tallinder - Myers

Goaltenders:
Ryan Miller
Patrick Lalime

Injuries:
- Chris Butler (ankle, on IR)
- Nathan Gerbe (groin, questionable for tonight)
- Patrick Kaleta (neck, questionalbe for tonight)
- Thomas Vanke (abdomen, questionable for tonight)

Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview:

Source: http://senators.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2009020557

NHL.com Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.nhl.com/ice/preview.htm?id=2009020557

Sportsnet.ca Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/20091226/Ott@Buf/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=291226002

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Leclaire post-game audio: http://bit.ly/8kKBx3
- Alfredsson post-game audio: http://bit.ly/6iN6ii
- Clouston post-game audio: http://bit.ly/8ZsuP6
- SensTV On-line: http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp
- Official Twitter of the Ottawa Senators: http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens

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GO SENS GO!!!

I'm a little hungover this morning, so if there are mistakes, let me know. Not sure how our lines will look with Alfie out. I assume Campoli will be slotted as a forward again until we call someone up. We'll see how they look at the skate today. NHL CI may be the only coverage for this one today.

GO SENS GO!!!

Man we are letting in a lot of goals... 108 so far. Eek.

I got tickets 7 rows from the ice for tonight. Hopefully there dominance over the sabres continue.

No coverage other than CI? Man, that sucks. BIH CBC!

Bramlet07 wrote:I got tickets 7 rows from the ice for tonight. Hopefully there dominance over the sabres continue.

we were offered tickets on the glass but couldn't go since we are in Ottawa.

wprager wrote:No coverage other than CI? Man, that sucks. BIH CBC!

Ah well, most people will be watching the WJC anyway.

Dash wrote:

Bramlet07 wrote:I got tickets 7 rows from the ice for tonight. Hopefully there dominance over the sabres continue.

we were offered tickets on the glass but couldn't go since we are in Ottawa.

Doesn;t it figure! I came up to Ottawa for xmas and sure enough before I left I was offered tickets to the game in Buffalo as well.

Dash wrote:

wprager wrote:No coverage other than CI? Man, that sucks. BIH CBC!

Ah well, most people will be watching the WJC anyway.

USA/Slovakia 8PM. Who does Slovakia have in that age bracket? I think I'd rather watch Sens/Sabres, so my BIH CBC stands.

Hobiesens wrote:

Dash wrote:

Bramlet07 wrote:I got tickets 7 rows from the ice for tonight. Hopefully there dominance over the sabres continue.

we were offered tickets on the glass but couldn't go since we are in Ottawa.

Doesn;t it figure! I came up to Ottawa for xmas and sure enough before I left I was offered tickets to the game in Buffalo as well.

wprager wrote:

Dash wrote:

wprager wrote:No coverage other than CI? Man, that sucks. BIH CBC!

Ah well, most people will be watching the WJC anyway.

USA/Slovakia 8PM. Who does Slovakia have in that age bracket? I think I'd rather watch Sens/Sabres, so my BIH CBC stands.

Wasn't sure what time the Canada game was on, but I see it is 3:30pmET.

Isn't Fowler playing for USA?... yes he is... and Schroeder.

Keller has been recalled from Bingo:

http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens/status/7064039950

Hmm, I wonder when (if) St. Pierre is going to get a shot?

TSN's Ice Chips have been updated with the following:

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

"Daniel Alfredsson (shoulder) is expected to miss two-to-four weeks after suffering a left shoulder injury on Wednesday. Ryan Keller was recalled from Binghamton of the AHL and will replace Alfredsson in the Sens' lineup. - TSN"

hemlock wrote:Hmm, I wonder when (if) St. Pierre is going to get a shot?

Honestly...what does he have to do to play in the majors for us?