GAME DAY: St. Louis Blues @ Ottawa Senators - 7:00pm ET - Thu. Jan. 21st, 2010

shabbs GDT

GAME DAY: St. Louis Blues @ Ottawa Senators - 7:00pm ET - Thu. Jan. 21st, 2010




"We beat the best... now let's beat the rest... five wins in a row is on the line..."

The Ottawa Senators (26-21-4, 54 points, 2nd in the Northeast) continue a mini-home stand to face the St. Louis Blues (21-20-7, 49 points, 4th in the Central) on Thursday night at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Blues play the Habs on Wednesday night so we should see Mason in net as Ty Conklin is confirmed to start tonight for the Blues. I expect Brian Elliott to get the start in net for the Sens. Hopefully we'll see Milan Michalek in the lineup as it's been reported by the Ottawa Sun that he is ready to return, but for now the projected lines below don't have him in the lineup. If I hear differently, I'll adjust accordingly.

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

Latest updates:
- Clouston: Michalek is probable to play Thursday against the Blues.

Team Lineups:
Ottawa Senators: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/ottawa-senators-team-lineup
St. Louis Blues: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/st-louis-blues-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips:

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

Ottawa Senators:

Milan Michalek (concussion) and Jason Spezza (knee) were both on the ice Tuesday at Scotiabank Place. Both players are likely a week away from returning to the lineup. - Ottawa Sun

Projected lineup vs. the Blues:

Forwards:
Foligno - Fisher - Alfredsson
Shannon - Regin - Kovalev
Ruutu - Kelly - Neil
Cheechoo - Smith - Donovan

Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Kuba - Karlsson
Campoli - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Elliott
Brodeur

Healthy scratches:
- Picard

Injuries:
- Jason Spezza (torn right MCL, out 6-8 weeks)
- Milan Michalek (head, on IR, probable for Thursday's game vs St. Louis)
- Jesse Winchester (knee, out a month)
- Pascal Leclaire (concussion, out indefinitely)

St. Louis Blues:

Projected lineup vs the Sens:

Forwards:
Kariya - Backes - Oshie
McDonald - Berglund - Perron
Steen - McClement - Boyes
Winchester - Tkachuk - Crombeen

Defencemen:
Jackman - Polak
Brewer - Johnson
Colaiacovo - Weaver

Goaltenders:
Mason
Conklin

Injuries:
- D.J. King (right hand surgery/conditioning, expected to miss Wednesday's game vs Montreal)
- Patrik Berglund (illness, questionable for Wednesday's game vs Montreal)

Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when available...

NHL.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when available...

Sportsnet.ca Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/20100121/Stl@Ott/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=300121014

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Chris Neil living the dream: http://bit.ly/8it6tL
- SensTV media availability of Eugene Melnyk: http://bit.ly/7gZjqd
- Clouston post-practice presser from Wednesday: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100120_Clouston.mp3
- Clouston post-game presser from Tuesday night: http://bit.ly/8cFEZr
- 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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[shabbs]

why don't we do a prediction on this one, winner gets bragging rights.

OTT 4
Stl 1

First goal kelly

I'll put up a poll.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:I'll put up a poll.

This is exactly why I want Ice Girls...

Interesting. Perhaps we should suggest they have a poll for Ice girls to dance around during intermissions.

Would that improve the in game experience?

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Interesting. Perhaps we should suggest they have a poll for Ice girls to dance around during intermissions.

Would that improve the in game experience?

Ah Yea.....

The Ottawa Senators (26-21-4, 54 points, 2nd in the Northeast) continue a mini-home stand to face the St. Louis Blues (21-20-7, 49 points, 4th in the Central) on Thursday night at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Blues play the Habs on Wednesday night so we should see Mason in net as Ty Conklin is confirmed to start tonight for the Blues. I expect Brian Elliott to get the start in net for the Sens. Hopefully we'll see Milan Michalek in the lineup as it's been reported by the Ottawa Sun that he is ready to return, but for now the projected lines below don't have him in the lineup. If I hear differently, I'll adjust accordingly.

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

Latest updates:
- Clouston: Michalek is probable to play Thursday against the Blues.

Team Lineups:
Ottawa Senators: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/ottawa-senators-team-lineup
St. Louis Blues: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/st-louis-blues-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips:

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

Ottawa Senators:

Milan Michalek (concussion) and Jason Spezza (knee) were both on the ice Tuesday at Scotiabank Place. Both players are likely a week away from returning to the lineup. - Ottawa Sun

Projected lineup vs. the Blues:

Forwards:
Foligno - Fisher - Alfredsson
Shannon - Regin - Kovalev
Ruutu - Kelly - Neil
Cheechoo - Smith - Donovan

Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Kuba - Karlsson
Campoli - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Elliott
Brodeur

Healthy scratches:
- Picard

Injuries:
- Jason Spezza (torn right MCL, out 6-8 weeks)
- Milan Michalek (head, on IR, probable for Thursday's game vs St. Louis)
- Jesse Winchester (knee, out a month)
- Pascal Leclaire (concussion, out indefinitely)

St. Louis Blues:

Projected lineup vs the Sens:

Forwards:
Kariya - Backes - Oshie
McDonald - Berglund - Perron
Steen - McClement - Boyes
Winchester - Tkachuk - Crombeen

Defencemen:
Jackman - Polak
Brewer - Johnson
Colaiacovo - Weaver

Goaltenders:
Mason
Conklin

Injuries:
- D.J. King (right hand surgery/conditioning, expected to miss Wednesday's game vs Montreal)
- Patrik Berglund (illness, questionable for Wednesday's game vs Montreal)

Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when available...

NHL.com Game Day Preview:

Source: will post when available...

Sportsnet.ca Game Day Preview:

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/20100121/Stl@Ott/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=300121014

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Chris Neil living the dream: http://bit.ly/8it6tL
- SensTV media availability of Eugene Melnyk: http://bit.ly/7gZjqd
- Clouston post-practice presser from Wednesday: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100120_Clouston.mp3
- Clouston post-game presser from Tuesday night: http://bit.ly/8cFEZr
- SensTV On-line: http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp
- Official Twitter of the Ottawa Senators: http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens

Spread the word!

Follow GMHockey on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gmhockey

GO SENS GO!!!

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Cap'n Clutch wrote:GAME DAY: St. Louis Blues @ Ottawa Senators - 7:00pm ET - Thurs. Jan. 20th, 2010

Sorry shabbs I just couldn't wait. Feel free to fill in all the blanks.

The suddenly surging Sens are currently on a 4 game winning streak and are fresh off a 4 - 1 beating of the Western Conference power house Blackhawks. Here's hoping they don't let their guard down vs. an arguably much lesser opponent in the St. Louis Blues. It would be easy to over look them and start thinking about the next Bruins game and I'm sure Clouston will have these boys prepared. The Blues had a 3 game winning streak halted on Monday and could still be a very dangerous opponent. Despite the strong showing by the Sens they still can't afford to take anyone lightly. Presumably Elliott will get the start considering his stellar play last game and his 1 goal against average over the last two wins.

AH! I missed this... and you have the date wrong...

MERGE?

i'm really looking forward to seeing this young st-louis team. i like these match-ups with western conferences teams. wish we had a few more every year.

Yeah, this should be an exciting game. The Blues are putting together a nice team and have some great young talent.

I predict 0-0 since they are not playing tonight.

But it's an interesting idea to add a poll to all GDTs.

It *should be* a cake walk. That's what's worrying me.

wprager wrote:It *should be* a cake walk. That's what's worrying me.

I think it will come down to goaltending...