GAME DAY: Ottawa Senators @ Columbus Blue Jackets - 7:00pm ET - Tue. Nov. 5th, 2013

Ok, let's go. Rob "I smoked crack cocaine" Ford edition coming in hot...


Sens are on a 5-game losing streak and looking to snap it and get back to winning when they face Columbus tonight. Now is the time for the Sens to pull together and get back to winning. Anderson stayed behind after suffering a neck inury in the SO loss to Dallas. Hopefully he's not out for too long. Lehner will have to carry the load while he's out. Columbus have their own losing streak going on at 3-games so they'll be hungry too.

This will be Methot's first visit back to Columbus since the trade that brought him here. Look for a big game from him tonight. Nick Foligno was sent the other way in that trade but looks to not be in the line-up tonight as per Portzline. Ex-Sen Curtis McElhinney gets the start in net for Columbus. Lawson has been recalled by the Sens to backup for Lehner.

Likely lines for tonight:

Forwards:
MacArthur - Turris - Ryan
Greening - Spezza - Zibanejad
Michalek - Smith - Neil
Kassian - Grant - Conacher

Defence:
Cowen - Karlsson
Borowiecki - Methot
Gryba - Phillips

Goaltending:
Lehner
Lawson

Scratches:
- Corvo
- Wiercioch

Will update as we get news.

GO SENS GO!!!

Let's do this. Boro and Cowen, looking for nice, solid in zone play. Spezza, looking for a 200 foot game if he's capable. Lehner - continue your play - and let's do this.

I like how the Turris line is 1st in the list.

Cuz it should be dammit.

shabbs wrote:I like how the Turris line is 1st in the list.

Cuz it should be dammit.

Any line with him and Bobby Ryan is the top line at this point. Damn Ryan is good...

The shabbs GDT has been deployed folks. Finger on the button?

Lawson was called up as back up no?

Cap'n Clutch wrote:The shabbs GDT has been deployed folks.  Finger on the button?

Depends on which button you're talking about...

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Lawson was called up as back up no?

I'll see if Brock Wallace tweeted anything...

Via Portzline:

"#CBJ Sean Collins is in tonight w Chaput and Boll on fourth line. Suggest Nick Foligno won't play vs #Sens. He did not skate this a.m."

https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/397754168838225921

Curtis McElhinney gets the start apparently for CBJ.

Memba him?

Confirmed: https://twitter.com/RobMixer/status/397745868440211456

shabbs wrote:Curtis McElhinney gets the start apparently for CBJ.

Memba him?

Confirmed: https://twitter.com/RobMixer/status/397745868440211456

Sure do. He was solid for us back when.

Lawson indeed recalled by Sens to back up Lehner:

https://twitter.com/Senators/status/397498597689671680

Alright. No Cussing around. Let's Diddle the Cussing Diddle outta this Cussing bunch of Cussing Diddler diddles.

shabbs wrote:Curtis McElhinney gets the start apparently for CBJ.

Memba him?

Confirmed: https://twitter.com/RobMixer/status/397745868440211456

Teams playing their backups against us....i"ll take it.

tim1_2 wrote:Alright.  No Cussing around.  Let's Diddle the Cussing Diddle outta this Cussing bunch of Cussing Diddler diddles.

Diddle yeah!