GDT: Ottawa Senators vs. New York Islanders // Fri. Nov. 1st @ 7:30PM // SNET-E & TSN1200

[connor macdavid]

Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata, ON (19 153)

Game Info
Puck Drop: 7:30 PM ET
Site: CTC (19 153)
TV: Sportsnet East
Radio: TSN 1200
Referees: TBD
Linesmen: TBD

Storylines

Sens

* Losers of three in a row, the Sens look to right the ship against an Islanders team in the same boat.

* The Senators sent J.G. Pageau down to Binghamton (AHL) on Oct. 31st.

* The Sens will look to put October behind them, as they lost four of their final five games in the month.

* Jason Spezza leads the Sens with twelve points.

* Robin Lehner makes his third start of the season.


Islanders

* The Isles are in a very similar situation as the Sens- looking to move on from a forgettable October. The Isles finished off the month on a 1-3-1 skid.

* The Isles shook things up big time this past week, trading Matt Moulson and sizable fortune in draft pick value to Buffalo for Thomas Vanek. Obviously GM Garth Snow thinks they can be a contender...

* John Tavares really is that good.



LINES
(subject to change)


Thomas Vanek - John Tavares - Kyle Okposo
P.M. Bouchard - Frans Nielsen - Josh Bailey
Michael Grabner - Peter Regin - Cal Clutterbuck
Matt Martin - Casey Cizikas - Brock Nelson
Travis Hamonic - Andy MacDonald
Matt Donovan - Radek Martinek
Thomas Hickey - Matt Carkner
Evgeni Nabokov



Corey Conacher - Jason Spezza - Chris Neil
Clarke MacArthur - Kyle Turris - Bobby Ryan
Milan Michalek - Zack Smith - Mika Zibanejad
Colin Greening - Derek Grant - Erik Condra
Chris Phillips - Erik Karlsson
Marc Methot - Patrick Wiercioch
Jared Cowen - Eric Gryba
Robin Lehner




Statzone

OTT - Stat - NYI
(4-6-2) - Record - (4-5-3)
(1-3-0) (H) - Site Record - (2-2-0) (A)
35 - Goals For - 37
38 - Goals Against - 39
Lost 3 - Streak - Lost 2
20% (16th) - PP - 25% (2nd)
84.3% (8th) - PK - 81.1% (17th)
48.3% (22nd) - Faceoffs - 45.9% (24th)
2.92 - Goals Per Game - 3.00
3.08 - GA Per Game - 3.08

(Pretty darn similar!)

Keys To The Game



Ottawa must shut down Tavares and his linemates.
The Islanders will as usual rely heavily on Jonny T.'s line for offensive production.


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[HavlatMach9]

by the power of Vanek the Isles are gonna be scary good

let's summon the anger we had from the last time we played the double islanders and crush them

 

[Benjamin]

Sens Isles are usually a good game. Goooo Sens.

 

[Super Cake]

Can the sens please win for the sake of my mentality.

 

[Rals]

Lehner. Thank goodness.

 

[YNWA14]

Nielsen's outscoring Tavares, but the Okposo/Tavares/Vanek line could cause havoc for our team if their defensive woes haven't sorted themselves out at all yet.

Need Spezza and Karlsson to come up big this game. I like the chances that this happens.

5 - 2 for Ottawa.

 

[General Zodd]

Lehner. Thank goodness.

Amen to that!! Hail Lehner

 

[SelleckStache]

The Ottawa Senators Lineup.

Will it blend?

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Hail Lehner.

 

[Iconoclast]

We should call up Lebda

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Please win

 

[OttawaSenators11]

Tavares and Vanek will own our D, so they get the win 4-2

 

[Ice-Tray]

Nice GDT, as for the game.... We shall See...

Go Sens!

 

[Whippet]

Tavares and Vanek will own our D, so they get the win 4-2

This.

At least keep Phillips away from playing with Karlsson.

 

[Two Line Pass]

 

[Fandlauer]

Must win game tonight. If we lose the next few the season will be over before it's even really began.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Definitely a winnable game.

 

[chrewilson]

* Robin Lehner is making his 3rd start.

 

[OgieO]

Regin with the GWG. Isles 4 Sens 3

EDIT: Lehner starting? change that to Isles 3 Sens 2

 

[M4TR1X]

I thought Paulrus had set up different lines yesterday, with Neil being on Line 1, and they were going to be the ones used for tonight's game.

 

[connor macdavid]

I thought Paulrus had set up different lines yesterday, with Neil being on Line 1, and they were going to be the ones used for tonight's game.

updated with the one's tweeted by SN's Shawn McKenzie 20 minutes ago.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Must win game tonight. If we lose the next few the season will be over before it's even really began.

There's really no point in playing the season anymore if we lose the next few games then right?

 

[Super Cake]

There's really no point in playing the season anymore if we lose the next few games then right?

We should just forfeit the rest of the season if we lose this game.

 

[Nordic*]

Neil on the first line....for realz?

 

[Fandlauer]

There's really no point in playing the season anymore if we lose the next few games then right?

You're right, if we keep on losing we will be just fine. I really like the playoff chances of a 4-9-2 team.