PLAYOFF GAME DAY: Game 6: Pittsburgh Penguins (3) @ Ottawa Senators (2) - 7:00pm ET - Sat. Apr. 24th, 2010

The Ottawa Senators (2-3) return home to face the Pittsburgh Penguins (3-2) for Game 6 of their first round playoff series on Saturday night at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. The Sens are coming off a huge 4-3 triple OT win that saw the Sens force a Game 6 back in Ottawa. This was a different, spirited Sens team that blocked shots like they were going out of style... very impressive defensive effort and Leclaire was huge when he needed to be. Countless game saving saves in the OT periods... at both ends... it was an amazing game. I fully expect no roster changes to the Sens' line up and that Pascal Leclaire will get the start at home. He's certainly seizing this opportunity to show that he still has the skills to be a #1 goalie. Hopefully he can keep the momentum going on Saturday. Will be interesting to see if Fedotenko is in or out for the Pens on Saturday.

So, the last two GDT's I've done, the Sens won... perhaps the "luck of the shabbs" will continue to rise up and power the Sens to another victory, and push this series to seven games. If you believe, it can happen. Do you believe?

Game Coverage:
- TV: VERSUS, CBC (HD), RDS (HD), FSN-P (HD)
- Radio: Team 1200
- Web: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/

Latest updates:
- no news yet

Team Lineups:
Ottawa Senators: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/ottawa-senators-team-lineup
Pittsburgh Penguins: http://www.dailyfaceoff.com/team-lineups/pittsburgh-penguins-team-lineup

TSN's Ice Chips:

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

Ottawa Senators:

Projected Lines for Game 6 vs. Penguins

Forwards:
Regin - Spezza - Foligno
Cullen - Fisher - Alfredsson
Ruutu - Kelly - Neil
Winchester - Z. Smith - Donovan

Defencemen:
Phillips - Volchenkov
Sutton - Karlsson
Campoli - Carkner

Goaltenders:
Leclaire
Elliott

Healthy scratches:
- Shannon
- Cheechoo

Injuries:
- Filip Kuba (back surgery, out indefinitely)
- Milan Michalek (torn ACL, done for playoffs)
- Alex Kovalev (torn ACL, done for season and playoffs)

Pittsburgh Penguins:

Projected Lines for Game 6 vs. Senators:

Forwards:
Kunitz - Crosby - Guerin
Ponikarovsky - Malkin - Dupuis
Cooke - Staal - Fedotenko
Rupp - Talbot - Adams

Defencemen:
Orpik - Gonchar
Goligoski - Eaton
McKee - Letang

Goaltenders:
Fleury
Thiessen

Injuries:
- Jordan Leopold (missed Thursday's game vs Ottawa)
- Tyler Kennedy (missed Thursday's game vs Ottawa)

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/20100424/Pit@Ott/story

ESPN Game Day Preview:

Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/preview?gameId=300424014

ESPN Stats Comparison:



Media Links:
- Sens' Regin a "great Dane" in the playoffs: http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=526171
- Cheechoo answers the call: http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=526325
- 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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why would they put cheechoo back in?

DirtyDave wrote:why would they put cheechoo back in?

My bad... copy/paste typo... fixed.

shabbs wrote:

DirtyDave wrote:why would they put cheechoo back in?

My bad... copy/paste typo... fixed.

sorry... just thought you knew something i didnt

Leclaire signle handely gave hope to an entire city. What he did was nothing short of amazing.

He did, I feel it this morning big time, everyone has a slight ray of hope.

SpezDispenser wrote:He did, I feel it this morning big time, everyone has a slight ray of hope.

Remember when he said "even this morning everybody was bashing me". That was kinda of funny but when Vanilliotte Friedman concluded with "no one is bashing you now, Pascal" we struck comedy gold.

SeawaySensFan wrote:
Remember when he said "even this morning everybody was bashing me". That was kinda of funny but when Vanilliotte Friedman concluded with "no one is bashing you now, Pascal" we struck comedy gold.

I felt like an arsehole when he said that. I bashed him pretty good.

SpezDispenser wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:
Remember when he said "even this morning everybody was bashing me". That was kinda of funny but when Vanilliotte Friedman concluded with "no one is bashing you now, Pascal" we struck comedy gold.

I felt like an arsehole when he said that. I bashed him pretty good.

I don't think anyone is ready to step decisevely into his corner either. Even with yesterdays performance.

SeawaySensFan wrote:
I don't think anyone is ready to step decisevely into his corner either. Even with yesterdays performance.

Definitely not, but Leclaire is a guy who is so streaky that he could go on a run here and diddle some stuff up.

SpezDispenser wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:
I don't think anyone is ready to step decisevely into his corner either. Even with yesterdays performance.

Definitely not, but Leclaire is a guy who is so streaky that he could go on a run here and diddle some stuff up.

Absolutely. Streaks go both ways. Same goes for this team. A nice win streak will do wonders.

I'm in Vegas for this game, but rest assured I'll find a way to watch this game! GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!

Michallica wrote:I'm in Vegas for this game, but rest assured I'll find a way to watch this game! GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!

CBC should have a live stream. If not, pretty sure you can buy it through the NHL gamecenter for something like $7.

Does anyone else think that the tide of penalties will now change? The refs and the Pens threw everything their way and they overcame it. Reminds me of some classic movie moments, like Knauer saying "Game ball" after refusing to shoot Crewe (Longest Yard), or Adhemar's herald applauding William's victory (A Knight's Tale).