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Who:Bostn Bruins @ Ottawa Senators
When: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 7:30 PM EST
Where: FSCR, RSNE
The Story:
Potential first round playoff series between the 2nd seed Stanley Cup Bruins and 7th seed Senators.
The Bruins lead the season series 4-1.
Ottawa (41-29-10)
Ottawa is 2nd in the Northeast (7th in the Eastern Conference) with 92 in 80. The Sens are 20-16-4 at home this season. Over their last 10 games they are 5-4-1 .
Ottawa had their 4 game winning streak snapped after a 2-1 Loss to the Hurricanes on Tuesday.
Sens missed Sergei Gonchar who sat out last game with a lower body injury. He will play tonight and Matt Gilroy will be scratched.
Team Leaders:
Goals: Milan Michalek [35]
Assists: Erik Karlsson [58]
Points: Jason Spezza [83]
PIMs: Zenon Kenopka [193]
+/-: Flip Kuba [28]
Player(s)-to-Watch:
Karlsson still on the hunt to hit or break 80 points on the season, to become the highest scoring Swedish born defenceman.
Starting Line-up:
Colin Greening - Jason Spezza - Milan Michalek
Nick Foligno - Kyle Turris - Daniel Alfredsson
Zack Smith - Jim O'Brien- Chris Neil
Erik Condra - Jesse Winchester - Rob Klinkhammer
Filip Kuba - Erik Karlsson
Chris Phillips - Sergei Gonchar
Jared Cowen - Matt Carkner
Ben Bishop
Injuries:
Peter Regin
Boston (47-29-4)
Boston is 2nd in the Eastern Conference and 1st in the N.E. division with 98 pts in 80 games.
Coming off of a 5-3 loss to the Penguins Tuesday, the Bruins are 24-15-1 on the road and are 7-2-1 over their last ten games.
Boston will be resting a few veterans heading into the playoffs as captain Zdeno Chara, Vezina winner Tim Thomas and Patrice Bergeron will sit out tonight's game.
Team Leaders:
Goals: Tyler Seguin/Brad Marchand [27]
Assists: Zdeno Chara [40]
Points: Tyler Seguin [65]
PIMs: Shawn Thornton [147]
+/-: Patrice Bergeron [34]
Player(s)-to-Watch:
Starting Line-up:
Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Rich Peverley
Brad Marchand - Lane MacDermid - Tyler Seguin
Benoit Pouliot - Chris Kelly - Brian Rolston
Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton
Dennis Seidenberg - Andrew Ference
Greg Zanon - Adam McQuaid
Torey Krug - Joe Corvo
Anton Khudobin
Injuries:
Nathan Horton, Marc Savard
GM Hockey