GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins - 1:00pm ET - Mon. Jan. 18th, 2010

The Ottawa Senators (24-21-4, 52 points, 3rd in the Northeast) continue their road trip and pay a visit to their nemesis the Boston Bruins (23-16-8, 54 points, 2nd in the Northeast) on Monday afternoon at TD Banknorth Gardens in Boston, Massachusetts. The Sens have cranked out 2 wins in a row on the back of Mike Brodeur's performance in net and the return of Alfredsson to the line-up on Saturday night. Habs-killah Alfie was instrumental in the game notching a goal and two assists. Zach Smith opened the scoring with his first NHL goal, a shortie at that. It was a great performance by the Sens all around. Kuba was scheduled to be in the lineup but was a last minute scratch. The Bruins are sporting some injuries of their own and are coming off a SO loss to the Kings on Saturday. Naturally, the biggest factor for the B's is in net with Tim Thomas, who seems to have our number. It's time to put an end to that domination and ring in a new era with Mike Brodeur, who has clearly earned a 3rd straight start for the Sens. GO SENS GO!!!

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

Latest updates:
- Elliott gets the start in net as Brodeur is sick
- Kuba expected to return to the lineup
- Tim Thomas gets the start for the Bruins
- Boston has called up Larman on an emergency basis, Bergeron won't be in the lineup tonight
- Game notes (PDF) for this afternoon's game: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/100118_Ott-vs-Bos.pdf

Team Lineups:
Ottawa Senators: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/ottawa-senators-team-lineup
Boston Bruins: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/boston-bruins-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips:

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

Ottawa Senators:

Projected Lines vs. Boston

Forwards:
Foligno - Fisher - Alfredsson
Shannon - Regin - Kovalev
Ruutu - Kelly - Neil
Cheechoo - Smith - Donovan

Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Kuba - Karlsson
Campoli - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Brodeur
Elliott

Healthy scratches:
- Picard

Injuries:
- Jason Spezza (torn right MCL, out 6-8 weeks)
- Milan Michalek (upper body injury, out indefinitely)
- Jesse Winchester (knee, out a month)
- Filip Kuba (upper body injury, day to day, questionable for the Bruins game)
- Pascal Leclaire (concussion, out indefinitely)
- Brian Elliott (illness, expected to be available for Monday's game)

Boston Bruins:

Forward Marco Sturm is day-to-day with a leg injury. He missed his first game of the season on Saturday. - Boston Globe

Projected lineup vs the Sens:

Forwards:
Sturm - Recchi - Satan
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Lucic - Begin - Bitz
Paille - Sobotka - Thornton

Defencemen:
Chara - Wideman
Hunwick - Morris
McQuaid - Boychuk

Goaltenders:
Thomas
Rask

Injuries:
- Patrice Bergeron (broken right thumb, on IR, out 2-3 weeks)
- Andrew Ference (groin, on IR, exected to miss 6 weeks)
- Marc Savard (partially torn MCL, on IR)
- Marco Sturm (leg, missed Saturday's game)
- Mark Stuart (broken sternum, was activated to play Saturday)
- Dennis Wideman (left knee, missed Saturday's game)

Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when available...

NHL.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when available...

Sportsnet.ca Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/20100118/Ott@Bos/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=300118001

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Clouston post-practice presser from Sunday: http://bit.ly/8kgtjH
- Clouston post-game presser from Saturday night: http://bit.ly/8jOgPe
- 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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NOTE: This is a 1pm start as it's a US Holiday (Martin Luther King Day). NHL CI will have the game and for those in the Ottawa area, you can catch it on SensTV at ottawasenators.com.

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why is this on at 1? Is it a holiday state-side?

Gohan wrote:why is this on at 1? Is it a holiday state-side?

Yeah, Martin Luther King Day.

Gohan wrote:why is this on at 1? Is it a holiday state-side?

Martin Luther King day.

good to know

thanks

Shouldn't Alfredsson come out of your injuries list? Or is he questionable for this one?

asq2 wrote:Shouldn't Alfredsson come out of your injuries list? Or is he questionable for this one?

Good point. His early return has him listed in the injuries lists still.

From the Sens:

Sens Army, Watch the entire Sens at Boston game on Monday, January 18, at work, or at home exclusivelyon Sens TV at ottawasenators.com. The Bruins broadcast feed will be available exclusively to those within the Senators broadcast territory, beginning at 1 p.m. eastern time. Go to ottawasenators.com on game day for full coverage. For those outside of the Sens broadcast territory, the game is available to subscribers of NHL Center Ice and NHL.com’s GameCenter Live.

dennycrane wrote:From the Sens:

Sens Army, Watch the entire Sens at Boston game on Monday, January 18, at work, or at home exclusivelyon Sens TV at ottawasenators.com. The Bruins broadcast feed will be available exclusively to those within the Senators broadcast territory, beginning at 1 p.m. eastern time. Go to ottawasenators.com on game day for full coverage. For those outside of the Sens broadcast territory, the game is available to subscribers of NHL Center Ice and NHL.com’s GameCenter Live.

Awesome!

Niiiiiiice.

1PM? Diddle, I have to wake up earlier tomorrow

Really at 1 on a Monday... That's weird...

caissie_1 wrote:Really at 1 on a Monday... That's weird...

US Holiday. MLK.

Kuba will be a game-time decision tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens/status/7872637196

Spezza skated with the team today for the first time since the injury.