GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Atlanta Thrashers - 7:00pm ET - Tue. Jan. 12th, 2010

The Ottawa Senators (22-20-4, 48 points, 3rd in the Northeast) continue their road trip and pay a visit to the Atlanta Thrashers (19-19-6, 44 points, 2nd in the Southeast) on Tuesday night at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The Sens have lost four in a row and were beaten by the worst team in the NHL on Sunday night. This was coming off a shutout loss on Saturday to the Panthers. This is certainly a low point for the Sens this year with all the injuries and lack of confidence. The Thrashers got spanked big time on Saturday by the Caps and will no doubt be looking to forget that loss when Ottawa comes to town. The Sens have got to keep plugging away and remember all the games they've come back from after being down early. The bounces will come, the injured will be back soon enough and our goalies will get in a groove soon enough. Let's get through this road trip with some gritty wins and get back on track.

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

Latest updates:
- Leclaire starts for the Sens tonight.
- Pavelec in net for the Thrashers. Valabik back in lineup. Antropov a game-time decision.
- Game notes for tonight (PDF): http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/100112_Ott-vs-Atl.pdf

Team Lineups:
Ottawa Senators: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/ottawa-senators-team-lineup
Atlanta Thrashers: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/atlanta-thrashers-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips:

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

Ottawa Senators:

Lines at practice on Tuesday:

Shannon - Regin - Kovalev
Foligno - Fisher - Neil
Ruutu - Kelly - Cheechoo
Smith - St. Pierre - Donovan

Projected lines vs the Thrashers:

Forwards:
Shannon - Regin - Kovalev
Foligno - Fisher - Neil
Ruutu - Kelly - Cheechoo
Smith - St. Pierre - Donovan

Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Campoli - Karlsson
Picard - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Leclaire
Elliott

Healthy scratches:
- none

Injuries:
- Jason Spezza (torn right MCL, out 6-8 weeks)
- Daniel Alfredsson (separated left shoulder, expected to miss 4-6 weeks)
- Milan Michalek (upper body injury, out indefinitely, will miss Saturday's game vs the Panthers)
- Jesse Winchester (knee, out a month)
- Filip Kuba (upper body injury, day to day)

Atlanta Thrashers:

Projected lineup vs the Sens:

Forwards:
Kovalchuk - Peverley - Little
Kozlov - White - Afinogenov
Kane - Reasoner - Armstrong
Boulton - Slater - Thorburn

Defencemen:
Kubina - Enstrom
Bogosian - Hainsey
Schubert - Salmela

Goaltenders:
Pavelec
Hedberg

Injuries:
- Kari Lehtonen (back surgery, on IR, out indefinitely)
- Mark Popovic (broken foot, expected to miss 3-4 weeks)
- Nik Antropov (hip, questionable for Tuesday's game vs Ottawa)

Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when it's available...

NHL.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when it's available...

Sportsnet.ca Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/20100112/Ott@Atl/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=300112028

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Scotiabank Player Profile: Leclaire: http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?id=53932
- Scotiabank Player Profile: Campoli: http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?id=53931
- Clouston post-practice presser from Monday: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100111_Clouston.mp3
- Clouston post-game presser from Sunday night: http://bit.ly/8id9gw
- 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!!!

Ugh... let's get away from the memory of the Carolina game... fresh GDT... fresh outlook. GO SENS GO!!!

Leclaire is going to be on the 2nd half of Hockeycentral at Noon today talking with Maclean.

shabbs wrote:Ugh... let's get away from the memory of the Carolina game... fresh GDT... fresh outlook. GO SENS GO!!!

Yeah. Brings back a lot of painful memories. So fresh still. Seems like yesterday.

GO SENS GO!!!!

Twitter it up!

http://twitter.com/GMHockey/status/7636907126

According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Hmmm. I wonder why the practice lines would be:

Kovalev - Regin - Shannon
Foligno - Fisher - Neil

Yet the projected line v. the Thrashers are:

Kovalev - Fisher - Shannon
Foligno - Regin - Neil

Odd.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Hmmm. I wonder why the practice lines would be:

Kovalev - Regin - Shannon
Foligno - Fisher - Neil

Yet the projected line v. the Thrashers are:

Kovalev - Fisher - Shannon
Foligno - Regin - Neil

Odd.

Because Clouston sometimes mixes it up on non-game days to try things out... and then on game-day goes with his line-up for the night. Just my personal prediction...

shabbs wrote:According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Good move. We must keep Fisher on the PP at all costs!

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Good move. We must keep Fisher on the PP at all costs!

Well Fisher did have the hardest shot at last year's Sens Skill competition.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Good move. We must keep Fisher on the PP at all costs!

Well Fisher did have the hardest shot at last year's Sens Skill competition.

Let it be noted that it was a snapshot and not a slapshot, folks.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Good move. We must keep Fisher on the PP at all costs!

Well Fisher did have the hardest shot at last year's Sens Skill competition.

And it was on the net!



Fisher at the point on the PP = WIN!

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Good move. We must keep Fisher on the PP at all costs!

Well Fisher did have the hardest shot at last year's Sens Skill competition.

Let it be noted that it was a snapshot and not a slapshot, folks.

What? A 105mph SNAPshot?

shabbs wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Good move. We must keep Fisher on the PP at all costs!

Well Fisher did have the hardest shot at last year's Sens Skill competition.

And it was on the net!



Fisher at the point on the PP = WIN!

Only if he uses the harder stick like he did at Sens Skills.

shabbs wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:According to Mendes, Kuba unlikely to play tomorrow:

http://twitter.com/ian_mendes/status/7636895592

"Fisher to see some time on the point on the power play tomorrow. Also, Kuba unlikely to play for a second straight game (upper body)."

Good move. We must keep Fisher on the PP at all costs!

Well Fisher did have the hardest shot at last year's Sens Skill competition.

Let it be noted that it was a snapshot and not a slapshot, folks.

What? A 105mph SNAPshot?

I heard it was a couple of hundred and he was submerged in water at the time.