GAME DAY:Ottawa Senators @ New York Rangers - 7:00pm ET - THU. Mar. 24, 2011

The Ottawa Senators (27-37-9, 63 pts) visit the New York Rangers (40-30-4, 84 pts) Thursday night. Ottawa is coming off a disappointing loss which saw them give up a 2 nothing lead to eventually lose 4-3.

The Rangers are back on track and look to be comfortably in the 7th seed coming in with a 5 game winning streak on the line. New York won't be playing with as much desperation as their last meeting but should handle the Sens with relative ease. The real wild card here is what kind of goaltending Ottawa gets in this game. If Anderson is good to go and plays like he can then this one could be another dagger in the tires of the tank bus.


Game Coverage:

TV: SNET-E(HD)
Radio: Team 1200
Web:ATDHEnet.tv and JUSTIN.tv

Latest updates:
is hoping to be ready to play. Milan Michalek also expected to play!

TSN's Ice Chips:

Ottawa
NY Rangers

Ottawa Senators Key Injuries:

Daniel Alfredsson (back - Out indefinitely)
Matt Carkner (4-6 weeks)
Pascal Leclaire (Meh)
Milan Michalek (could play tonight)
Peter Regin (Shoulder - 4-6 months)

New York Rangers Key Injuries:

Marc Staal (undisclosed) day to day

Game Day Previews:

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ESPN

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GO SENS GO!!!

Cap'n Clutch wrote:
Milan Michalek (could play tonight)

TONIGHT?!?!?!

That's what I heard this morning.

Would be good to see Michalek get back in again. He was really starting to pick it up before he got hurt... again. Next year if he stays healthy hopefully he can find a way to put up 30 goals. At least he isn't going into the off season having to recover from a major knee opperation next year.

We'll see if they can pull one out tonight at MSG.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:
Milan Michalek (could play tonight)

TONIGHT?!?!?!

Yes, tonight.

If Lundqvist is in nets, this will be a tough one.

Today's Game Notes:

http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs_gamenotes/Gamenotes.pdf

Versage on Team1200 said Michalek IS in the lineup.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Versage on Team1200 said Michalek IS in the lineup.

Now we only need a real reporter to confirm this.

9MM... locked and loaded...

shabbs wrote:9MM... locked and loaded...

On a line with the BB gun?

Versage was wrong...

Mendes: Milan Michalek won't play tonight. They are hoping he plays tomorrow vs WAS. Anderson will start.

shabbs wrote:Versage was wrong...

Mendes: Milan Michalek won't play tonight. They are hoping he plays tomorrow vs WAS. Anderson will start.

See my post above. I've been saying Versage was wrong for several minutes now.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:Versage was wrong...

Mendes: Milan Michalek won't play tonight. They are hoping he plays tomorrow vs WAS. Anderson will start.

See my post above. I've been saying Versage was wrong for several minutes now.

I think we've all known he'd be wrong for a long time now...

Wiercioch's parents will be in attendance tonight... they were not able to make it to the last game...