GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Pittsburgh Penguins - 7:00pm ET - Thu. Jan. 28. 2010

GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Pittsburgh Penguins - 7:00pm ET - Thu. Jan. 28. 2010

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Ottawa (29-21-4 -2nd in the North East and 5th in the Conference) visit Pittsburgh (33-20-1 - 2nd in the Atlantic and 4th in the Conference) Thursday night. Ottawa extended their winning streak in style beating the Devils at their own game and chasing Brodeur from the net in a 3-0 victory on Tuesday night.
Elliott was named NHL 3rd star of the night for his performance and 3rd star by Gord Wilson and Dave Schreiber of Team1200. That was a complete game with little given up in terms of opposition opportunities however, this was against an offensively challenged Devils team suffering through some key injuries. Here's hoping we can keep this streak alive vs. the likes of Malkin, Crosby, Gonchar and Staal. If the Sens can adhere to the system as well as they did, coupled with some of Elliott's recent magic, this one should be another W for our boys in Red, Gold and Black.

The PP did not produce last night but the Sens PK continues to be off the charts good over this current win streak which is nice because despite the fire power the Pens have they sit near the bottom in PP stats. So close in fact we can almost touch them from our comfy basement chair (Sens are 30th on PP BTW).

(7 is heaven but 8 would be great...)

Game Coverage:

TV: TSN (HD), RDS (HD) Radio: Team 1200
Web: check http://www.atdhe.net and http://www.justin.tv

Latest updates:
Brian Elliot with his third shut out of the season was named NHL 3rd star of the night on Tuesday. Alfie ranked 17th according to TSN player rankings amongst all NHL wingers. Jesse Winchester skated with the team for the first time since his injury.

Team Lineups:

Ottawa Senators: Clutch's projected lines (Daily Faceoff hasn't been updated since the 24th)

Alfredsson-Spezza-Michalek
Kovalev-Regin-Shannon
Foligno-Fisher-Cheechoo
Ruutu-Kelly-Neil

Practice lines via Senschirp.ca

Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-Kovalev
Shannon-Regin-Cheechoo (Winchester)
Ruutu-Kelly-Neil

Game notes:
Source: When available

Pittsburgh lineup as of Jan 26th, 2010: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/pittsburgh-penguins-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips (Jan 28th, 2010):
Source: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11009

Cory Clouston switched up Cheechoo and Kovalev. He said since they are playing on the road (in Pittsburgh) tomorrow he wanted different match-ups. Jesse Winchester skated with the team for the first time since suffering a right knee injury on Jan 9. - TSN

Practice Lines

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


Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Kuba - Karlsson
Carkner - Campoli
Picard

Goaltenders:
Elliott
Brodeur


Ottawa Key Injuries

Jesse Winchester (knee, skated with the team and is close to a return)
Pascal Leclaire (concussion, out indefinitely)


Pittsburgh Key Injuries

LW Chris Kunitz (abdominal), out; C Max Talbot (undisclosed), day-to-day; RW Bill Guerin (undisclosed), day-to-day.



Game Day Previews:

OttawaSenators.com Game Day Preview: http://senators.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2009020794

NHL.com Game Day Preview: http://www.nhl.com/ice/preview.htm?id=2009020794

TSN.ca Game Day Preview: When Available

ESPN Game Day Preview: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=300128016

ESPN Stats Comparison:


Media Links:
- Cory Clouston speaks with media following the win over the Devils http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100126_Clouston-post.mp3
- GM Brian Murray speaks to the media: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100127_Murray.mp3
- Clouston Speaks to the media: http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/100127_Clouston.mp3

- SensTV On-line: http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp
- Official Twitter of the Ottawa Senators: http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens

GO SENS GO!!!

Looks like the GDTs go up that much faster during a winning streak!

Don't stop the music.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Looks like the GDTs go up that much faster during a winning streak!

Don't stop the music.

Actually, since shabbs is on hiatus, myself and Prages have picked them up and I find it easier to get the skeleton up early and then add the links when they are available. I think prages is the same way.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Looks like the GDTs go up that much faster during a winning streak!

Don't stop the music.

Actually, since shabbs is on hiatus, myself and Prages have picked them up and I find it easier to get the skeleton up early and then add the links when they are available. I think prages is the same way.

Yup. Those winning streaks sure perk things up.

Definitely can't argue with that SSF.

I think that it is a good thing that the Sens are in the midst of a eastern conference swing that allows us good opportunity to gain ground/ pull away from teams in the standings while we are so hot. It is also a great test to see how we match up against the teams ahead of us, re: NJ, Chicago and Pit.
As for beating up on teams lower, i hope montreal gets pushed further down in the standings come sat.
The lines from yesterday looked really good. All four were contributing well, it was nice to see Alfie, Spez and Michalek get back to the former chemistry they had rather quickly. Looking ahead to the pens it should be another great game. Both teams have been winning regularly lately, but Pit has been beating up on teams that have been losing, ie NYR, PHI, EDM, CAL, NYI. Their last two loses came from teams on current winning streaks similar to Ottawa, being VAN (won 5) and WSH (won 7). So things look pretty good for the boys if this trend continues

Look nobody enjoys shooting penguins but if you have to shoot penguins, well you might as well enjoy it.

-WATERFALL SR (Futurama)

Q: what is black and white and leaks water
A: a penguin crying while playing the Sens (see Crosby)

benIII24III wrote:Q: what is black and white and leaks water
A: a penguin crying while playing the Sens (see Crosby)

boooo. You can do better than that can't you?

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

benIII24III wrote:Q: what is black and white and leaks water
A: a penguin crying while playing the Sens (see Crosby)

boooo. You can do better than that can't you?

Trying to keep it PG, as per site rules

But yes it was very lame

I voted Pat Buchanan because the ballet was confusing.

Practice lines via Senschirp.ca

Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-Kovalev
Shannon-Regin-Cheechoo (Winchester)
Ruutu-Kelly-Neil

Winnie skated with the team!

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Practice lines via Senschirp.ca

Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-Kovalev
Shannon-Regin-Cheechoo (Winchester)
Ruutu-Kelly-Neil

Winnie skated with the team!

On RW, no less. I can't see Cheechoo losing his spot to Winchester, though.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Practice lines via Senschirp.ca

Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-Kovalev
Shannon-Regin-Cheechoo (Winchester)
Ruutu-Kelly-Neil

Winnie skated with the team!

On RW, no less. I can't see Cheechoo losing his spot to Winchester, though.

I don't know if Winnie is quite ready to return but it's a good sign. I do agree with you though. It will probably take a loss or a horrendous performance by someone not named Cheechoo in the bottom 6 for Winnie to get back in.

Well folks my day is almost over so I'll have to either update the links tomorrow for the Game day previews or rely on Prager to update them if anything gets posted today.