GAMEDAY PREVIEW #79: Ottawa Senators @ Florida Panthers
With their season on the line, the Ottawa Senators make their way to Florida
The Ottawa Senators’ playoff hopes are hanging on by the loosest of threads, and they could face elimination tonight with a loss to the Florida Panthers +New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning. Here is your SenShot Gameday Preview!
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Ottawa Senators Notes
The Ottawa Senators MUST win tonight if they want their season to stay alive at game 80.
Season Series: This is the third and final matchup between both teams, with each team winning 1 game. They last played against one another on March 27th. The Ottawa Senators won that matchup 5-2, in Ottawa.
1000 Watch: Claude Giroux is 4 points away from hitting 1000 career NHL points. If he wants to accomplish this feat by the end of this season, he has 4 games left to do so.
During the last edition of the Battle of the Tkachuks, Brady Tkachuk scored a goal and an assist.
Scoreless Streak: Tim Stutzle has gone on a bit of a cold streak, not registering a point in the last three games. This is tied for his longest point drought this season, and the fourth time he has not scored in 3 games. He currently leads the Senators in goals (37), assists (47), and points (84)
No changes to the lineup to be expected tonight.
Head Coach DJ Smith has not announced who will start in net, but it can be assumed it will be either Leevi Merilainen or Mads Sogaard. Cam Talbot has likely played his final game as an Ottawa Senator.
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Florida Panthers Notes
The Florida Panthers recently won against the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Tuesday.
The Panthers are on a four-game winning streak, and currently occupy the first wildcard spot, but have not yet clinched the playoffs.
Matt Tkachuk is second on the Panthers in goals (39), first in assists (64), and points (103), and is on pace to beat his points total of last season (104).
Alex Lyon could start tonight, he has gone 7-3-1 in 11 games this season with a .9018S% and 3.04 GAA.
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Ottawa Senators Lines
Brady Tkachuk – Tim Stutzle – Drake Batherson
Alex DeBrincat – Ridly Greig – Claude Giroux
Mathieu Joseph – Shane Pinto – Egor Sokolov
Patrick Brown – Mark Kastelic – Austin Watson
Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Erik Brannstrom – Nick Holden
Tyler Kleven – Jacob Bernard-Docker
Leevi Merilainen
Mads Sogaard
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Florida Panthers Lines
Carter Veraheghe – Aleksander Barkov – Anthony Duclair
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Matt Tkachuk
Ryan Lomberg – Eric Staal – Sam Reinhart
Nick Cousins – Colin White – Givani Smith
Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal – Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura – Radko Gudas
Alex Lyon
Mac Guzda