GAME DAY: Boston Bruins @ Ottawa Senators - 7:30pm ET - Tue. Jan. 5th, 2010

The Ottawa Senators (22-16-4, 48 points, 3rd in the Northeast) continue their home stand and host their division rival Boston Bruins (21-13-7, 49 points, 2nd in the Northeast) on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Place. The Bruins will be coming off a game vs the Rags the night before and will hopefully be a little rough for wear, giving us a slight edge. Thomas has had our number for quite some time and I expect him to get the start on Tuesday as Rask is starting on Monday night vs the Rags. The Sens are a surprising 4-1 since losing Alfie as the troops have stepped up in his absence. Leclaire was very shaky on Sunday vs Philly making me wonder if he thought the game started at 3pm instead of 1pm... who knows what happened there. It was a offensive shootout though with both starting goalies getting yanked and Elliott holding the fort for the win in the end. Kovalev had his first career 4-goal game adding an assist for a 5-point night. Very impressive and his effort certainly has improved over the last few games. Let's all hope that trend continues. 2nd place in the Northeast could be on the line depending on how the B's do agasint the Rags on Monday night. The dogfight in the Northeast continues. GO SENS GO!!!

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

Latest updates:
- Clouston: Elliott starts in goal, Picard in for Campoli.
- Satan will make his Boston debut tonight
- Thomas starts in net for Boston

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:

Lines at practice on Monday:

Kovalev - Fisher - Shannon
Michalek - Regin - Foligno
Ruutu - Kelly - Neil
Cheechoo - Winchester - Donovan

Projected lines vs the Bruins:

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

Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Kuba - Karlsson
Picard - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Elliott
Leclaire


Healthy scratches:
- Picard (?)

Injuries:
- Jason Spezza (knee, out 6-8 weeks)
- Daniel Alfredsson (shoulder, expected to miss 4-6 weeks)

Boston Bruins:

Forward Patrice Bergeron left Monday's game against the New York
Rangers in the second period after being struck on his right hand by a
shot. He took two more shifts before heading to the dressing room for
further examinations and X-rays and he did not return. Bergeron won't
travel to Ottawa with the team and will instead return to Boston to get
more medical attention, according to the team. - Boston Globe

Projected lineup vs the Sens:

Forwards:
Begin - Savard - Sturm
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Paille - ??? - Recchi
Bitz - Sobotka - Thornton

Defencemen:
Chara - Wideman
Ference - Boychuk
Hunwick - Morris

Goaltenders:
Thomas
Rask

Injuries:
- Patrice Bergeron (wrist, will miss the game on Tuesday in Ottawa)
- Milan Lucic (high ankle sprain, on IR)
- Mark Stuart (broken sternum, on IR and expected to miss 4-6 weeks)

Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview:

Source: http://senators.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2009020632

NHL.com Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.nhl.com/ice/preview.htm?id=2009020632

Sportsnet.ca Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/20100105/Bos@Ott/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=300105014

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Game notes for tonight (PDF): http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/100105_Ott-vs-Bos.pdf
- Cory Clouston presser from Tuesday morning (MP3): http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100105_Clouston.mp3
- Cory Clouston post practice presser from Monday: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100104_Clouston.mp3
- Cory Clouston post game presser from Sunday: http://bit.ly/81gsOf
- 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!!!

Nice GDT as usual Shabbs!

No Satan vs the Sens?

I too expect Thomas to continue to dominate us.

SpezDispenser wrote:Nice GDT as usual Shabbs!

No Satan vs the Sens?

HA! I totally forgot they signed him.... oh well...

BACK TO HELL!!!!

anyone know who is starting in goal ?

Satan won't play for another 7 to 10 days while he gets back into game shape.

And if I were to guess, I'd expect to see Leclaire in nets tomorrow against the Bruins.

sens4win wrote:anyone know who is starting in goal ?

Clouston doesn't release that until game day. As for Boston, my money is on Thomas since Rask is playing tonight.

And since Thomas dominates us each and every game...

i for one, expect the sens to win .
i expect the team effort to continue, i don't expect much from kovy. but we'll win this one, just to prove that thomas doesn't dominate us.

Gohan wrote:And since Thomas dominates us each and every game...

10 straight for him.

Let's end that.

shabbs wrote:

Gohan wrote:And since Thomas dominates us each and every game...

10 straight for him.

Let's end that.

Yes please.

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Gohan wrote:And since Thomas dominates us each and every game...

10 straight for him.

Let's end that.

Yes please.

Fluff.

shabbs wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Gohan wrote:And since Thomas dominates us each and every game...

10 straight for him.

Let's end that.

Yes please.

Fluff.

Source?

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Gohan wrote:And since Thomas dominates us each and every game...

10 straight for him.

Let's end that.

Yes please.

Fluff.

Source?

The Fluff Master.