Ottawa Senators Look To Bounce Back Versus Canadiens

The Ottawa Senators prepare today for their second matchup with the Montreal Canadiens of the season. Today also marks the first game of a seven game road trip.

The last time these two teams faced, the Ottawa Senators were destroyed by the score of 8-3. The Ottawa Senators will be looking to turn to tables on their long time rivals tonight.

Forward

At forward the Sens will use 12 players. They will be: Mike Hoffman, Matt Duchene, Mark Stone, Zack Smith, Derick Brassard, Bobby Ryan, Ryan Dzingel, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Tom Pyatt, Gabriel Dumont, Nate Thomson, and Alex Burrows.

Defence

On defence the Sens will only use six defencemen as opposed to the seven they’ve become accustomed to. This means Thomas Chabot will get the scratch. The six defencemen in the lineup will be: Johnny Oduya, Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf, Cody Ceci, Ben Harpur, and Fredrik Claesson.

Goal

In goal after giving Anderson the start in both halves of a back to back, Guy Boucher will give the start to Mike Condon. The last time he played was in Sweden was when he was pulled after allowing three goals. This will be an opportunity for him to earn more playing time.

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Getting Things Going

The story tonight will once again be the Ottawa Senators trying to get out of a bad losing streak. They have lost their past six games and will be looking to avoid making it seven. In order to do that they will need a big game out o their captain, Erik Karlsson, who has gone missing as of late. He has gone pointless in six games and the Sens need him to be the dominating player that he has become over the years.