GAME DAY - Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators, Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012

GAME DAY - Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators, 7:00PM, Saturday, March 24

Two Saturday night games in a row, unfortunately the Sens are not on their old Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday schedule. Ottawa is hanging on to 7th with the skin of their teeth; well, literally, they could be hanging on by the skin of their ROWs. After an embarrassing 5-1 loss to the bottom-dwelling Habs, the Sens are right back at it facing the hottest team in the league. Fatigue may well be an issue as last night was a chippy affair with lots of majors and misconducts given out, skewing the ice times all over the place.

While the Sens will remain in 7th for at least one more day, regardless of the outcome of today's games, they could very well be tied in points with the Buffalo Sabres, who are also playing their second game in two nights. In Buffalo's case, their second game is against a decidedly easier opponent, as they host the Wild a day after scoring a decisive 4-1 road victory over the East-leading (not for long) Rangers.

Ben Bishop, who gave up two goals while relieving Anderson in the second period, will get the start. Carkner and Daugavins also get un-scratched (I'm guessing Gilroy and Konopka sit).

NHL.com gameday preview: http://www.nhl.com/ice/preview.htm?id=2011021120

Would have shaken up the team and started Lehner.

Carkner and Daugavins will draw in, too. Hopefully that means Konopka out.

Thiessen looks to get the start for Pittsburgh.

wprager wrote:Carkner and Daugavins will draw in, too. Hopefully that means Konopka out.

This is the end of Gilroy in Ottawa IMO. Mac tried to use him as much as possible, but the guy sucks.

EDIT - I loved that series.

$10 on the line. If Sens win, I pay Ev $10 - If the Sens lose, I get $10.

Ev, you can pay me at school this week

Riprock wrote:$10 on the line. If Sens win, I pay Ev $10 - If the Sens lose, I get $10.

Ev, you can pay me at school this week

Talk like that could get you banned.

Riprock wrote:$10 on the line. If Sens win, I pay Ev $10 - If the Sens lose, I get $10.

Ev, you can pay me at school this week

He Guaranteed me a win last night

there will be no kiss, just a sore cornhole at the end of this.....

wprager wrote:

Riprock wrote:$10 on the line. If Sens win, I pay Ev $10 - If the Sens lose, I get $10.

Ev, you can pay me at school this week

Talk like that could get you banned.

Hey, either way win-win, right? Sens win, they are that much closer to holding onto their playoff spot; they lose, I am $10 richer.

Number Twenty Nine wrote:there will be no kiss, just a sore cornhole at the end of this.....

without the courtesy of a reach-around.

Get a point! Get a point! Get a point!

Must win tonight, suck because it shouldn't be this way. Anderson has lost his job.

This is precisely why I was not a fan of the Sens schedule. You said their schedule was ideal, but as I said, sitting back in this position with less games remaining than the opposition, and playing your way out of the playoffs sucks, when all you can do is watch and hope other teams win/lose.

Of course, if the Sens were locked in this wouldn't be a problem. But now they find themselves in a position where they have to win, and they have to hope other teams lose. No control over their future.