GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Toronto Maple Leafs :: 7:00pm ET :: Sat. Feb. 1st, 2014

The Battle of Ontario resumes.... LET'S GO!!!

I'm assuming it will be Anderson vs Bernier. Leafs have been hot of late and the Sens have been playing much better of the past couple of games. Should be a good tilt at the ACC. Sens have a couple of games in hand on the Leafs and trail them by 6 points. A regulation win tonight would be huge and would keep them in the race for a playoff spot.

GO SENS GO!!!

Interesting look at the two teams:



Sens with the slight edge in goals for per game, Leafs an even slighter edge in goals against per game. Sens have the edge in shots on goal (both allowed and taken). Leafs take more penalties (surprising) and the Sens have a better PK percentage. Now, the Leafs have a better PP, but those are overall numbers and don't tell the whole story. The Sens have (I believe) the number 1 road power play percentage in the league; they just suck at it (30th?) on home ice (must be all those fans shouting "Shoot!") Both teams' stats over the last 10 or so games are better than overall, for the most part.

Should be a good, close game.

Yes, I copied this from the other thread. Should I have kept the "goof" for shabbs?

GOOF!

Looks like dean brown won't be calling games next year   

Ev wrote:Looks like dean brown won't be calling games next year   

Please tell me that doesn't mean Denis will be back. A complete overhaul?

P.S. Is this game related?

you know, we're finally at the stage or have been for a while where people aren't even thinking about Alfredsson, or what we would be like with him. One reason why we've turned the corner.

Tonight is going to be a win, and Ryan is gonna have a big game.

As long as slow Philips and Corvo don't play we will win.

LeKing wrote:As long as slow Philips and Corvo don't play we will win.

Neither of those guys is slow but at this point I don't care who's in as long as we win, specially against the dirty Leafs.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

LeKing wrote:As long as slow Philips and Corvo don't play we will win.

Neither of those guys is slow but at this point I don't care who's in as long as we win, specially against the dirty Leafs.

Only philips is slow is what I meant to say. Philips is wandering around in the off. zone too much lately and is not fast enough to recover when he bubbles the puck on the blue line.
No philips? Easy win.

Such a big game tonight and not just because of the 2 points. They need to get through the mental barrier that are the Leafs tonight and really make a statement. Opening the scoring will be key.

All the pieces are coming together in Ottawa right now... thus tonights theme song.

Isn't their theme song "Wake me up when it's all over"?  Might explain some of those bad starts in afternoon games.

Anderson and Bernier confirmed.

Lines from earlier today:

Greening-Spezza-Michalek
MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Conacher-Zibanejad-Condra
Kassian-Smith-Neil
DaCosta extra

Cowen-Karlsson
Wiercioch-Ceci
Methot-Gryba
Corvo extra

MacLean confirms Kassian in for Da Costa.

Holland out for the Leafs with a "lace bite". Looks like Greg McKegg will take his place.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/leafs-holland-out-against-sens-with-lace-bite/