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Who: Ottawa Senators @ Toronto Maple Leafs
When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 @ 7PM
Where: RSN
The Story:
The Sens lead the season series 2-1. The first meeting took place October 8 was a 6-5 Leafs win in Toronto. The 2nd meeting on October 30 was a 3-2 Sens win in Ottawa. The last meeting was a 5-2 Sens win in Toronto on Nov. 12.
Total goals for and against so far in this season series are 13:10 in favour of the Senators.
Ottawa (25-16-6)
Coming off a disappointing 2-0 loss to the Jets on home ice, before heading out on a road trip until the All-Star game, the Sens will be looking to rebound on the 2nd game of a back to back.
Ottawa called up Andre Petersson from Binghamton yesterday who will meet the Senators in Toronto. The Sens have also called up defenceman Mark Borowiecki, who will play his first NHL game if he dresses tonight. As of yet, no idea if either will play and/or who will draw out and what spot they would take in the line-up. Lots of line juggling would have to occur.
Team Leaders:
Goals: Milan Michalek [23]
Assists: Erik Karlsson [38]
Points: Jason Spezza [47]
PIMs: Zenon Kenopka [142]
+/-: Flip Kuba [15]
Players-to-Watch:
Erik Karlsson has 5 assists and is a -1 in the 3 meetings this season. He has 8pts (1G, 7A) in 12 career games vs. Toronto.
Kyle Turris will play his first game as a Senator in the battle of Ontario. In 2 career games vs. TOR he has 1 assist.
Starting Line-up:
*As of Jan. 16
Colin Greening - Jason Spezza - Milan Michalek
Erik Condra - Kyle Turris - Daniel Alfredsson
Nick Foligno - Zack Smith - Chris Neil
Kaspars Daugavins - Zenon Konopka - Bobby Butler
Filip Kuba - Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen - Sergei Gonchar
Chris Phillips - Matt Carkner
Craig Anderson
Injuries:
Peter Regin, Jesse Winchester
Leafs (22-17-5)
The Leafs have lost two straight, are coming off of a 3-0 loss to the Rangers Saturday. The Leafs are 3rd in the Northeast and one point out of 8th place behind Pittsburgh.
The Leafs will get injured C Tyler Bozak back in the line-up.
The Leafs are also expected to make changes on the blue line tonight, as players have no idea who is playing.
Team Leaders:
Goals: Phil Kessel [24]
Assists: Joffrey Lupul [28]
Points: Phil Kessel [48]
PIMs: Dion Phaneuf [47]
+/-: Carl Gunnarsson [5]
Players-to-Watch:
Phil Kessel has 5 pts (3G, 2A) and is a +3 in the season series so far. In his career, he has 28pts (18-10) in 34 games vs. Ottawa.
Starting Line-up:
*As of Jan. 17
Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel
Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Matthew Lombardi - Tim Connolly - Joey Crabb
Jay Rosehill - Dave Steckel - Mike Brown
Keith Aulie - Dion Phaneuf
Carl Gunnarsson - Jake Gardiner
Cody Franson - Luke Schenn
James Reimer
Injuries:
Tyler Bozak, John-Michael Liles, Colby Armstrong
Last edited by Riprock on Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:51 pm; edited 5 times in total
tonight...just hope he's still in "beast mode", and not tired at all. I don't want to see Auld start this game, as it has BIG implications! 
