GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Montreal Canadiens - 7:00pm ET - TUE. Dec. 7, 2010

The Ottawa Senators (12-14-2, 26 pts) visit the Montreal Canadiens (17-8-2, 36 pts) at the Bell Centre. Ottawa is coming off a 3-1 victory off the impressive goal scoring of one Chris Kelly who provided all the offense for Ottawa in achieving his first hat trick of his pro career. Leclaire received a dose of good luck for once getting the start in this one after Elliott suffered an undisclosed injury at the end of the Buffalo game on Saturday and seized his opportunity by making some key stops and only allowing the Rangers one goal in the victory. The Habs are coming off a 3-1 victory of their own against the Sharks with Montreal fans joining in the Heatley hate fest.

Montreal, 6-3-1 in their last ten, are on an opposite trajectory to Ottawa who are 3-6-1 in their last ten and look to keep the good times rolling at the Bell Centre Tuesday night. Bobby Butler will likely see some more top six action tonight vs. the speedy Canadiens and he should look a little more comfortable and rested after having played 3 games in 3 nights. The pessimist in me sees Kelly's hat trick as an issue of severe lack of primary scoring rather than a sign of good things to come but, I hope I'm wrong. It will be interesting to see if the Rangers can again be the catalyst for a Sens turn around as they were last season.

Game Coverage:

TV: TSN (HD), RDS (HD)
Radio: Team 1200
Web: ATDHE.net and JUSTIN.tv

Latest updates:
Pascal Leclaire to start in goal tonight. No lineup changes means Regin to sit once again. - courtesy of SensChirp.ca


TSN's Ice Chips:

Ottawa
Montreal

Ottawa Senators Key Injuries:

None

Montreal Canadiens Key Injuries:

D Andrei Markov (knee) - Out for the season.

Game Day Previews:

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ESPN

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GO SENS GO!!!

1st game to the most important week of the season.
SLAUGHTER

Montreal hasn't exactly been overly consistent lately so that does give the Sens a ray of hope. The Habs last 9 games have gone like this: Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Over time loss, Win, Win. It looks as if they're starting to turn it around in their last 4 games though.

We need a smurf stomping. Time for Spezza to wake up a bit.