Ottawa Senators Set To Face The New Jersey Devils

Coming into the game tonight the Ottawa Senators will be looking for some redemption. When they last played the Devils they blew a 4-2 lead and lost in overtime.

The Ottawa Senators are playing the second half of a back to back tonight as they are set to face the New Jersey Devils. They defeated the Flyers last night and will look to complete the sweep tonight.

Forward

At forward the Sens will stick with the same eleven forwards as last night. They will be: Ryan Dzingel, Derick Brassard, Mark Stone, Mike Hoffman, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Tom Pyatt, Alex Burrows, Nate Thompson, Chris DiDomenico, Max McCormick, and Filip Chlapik.

Defence

On defence the Sens will stick with seven defencemen. They will be: Johnny Oduya, Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf, Cody Ceci, Fredrik Claesson, Chris Wideman, and Mark Borowiecki.

Goal

In goal Mike Condon will get the call to start. Craig Anderson played last night and will serve as the backup.

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Complacency

After nearly losing the to the Flyers last night the Ottawa Senators need to put their efforts into holding the lead. They haven’t had trouble getting leads this season, but nearly every game they’ve lost has been because they choked. Luckily so far, they’ve been able to get at least one point in those games but that isn’t guaranteed to last. There will be many games the Sens lose in regulation if this keeps up.

Even the games the Sens are winning they have been choking like they did against the Flyers yesterday. What’s kept them in it is that they are first in the league in third period goals with 16. However, they are tied for third last in third period goals against with 14. With the Ottawa Senators not known to be an offensive team this may not be sustainable, so they need to clean things up defensively. It needs to start tonight against the Devils.