The Ottawa Senators return to home ice after an embarassing 8-4 loss last evening in Buffalo against the Sabres despite the return of Drake Batherson to the lineup. The Senators have seen horrible starts from their goaltending, and the heartbeat of the organization is seeking a second opinion in New York City for potential wrist surgery suffered against Nashville on Thanksgiving.

There is still 77 games remaining in the season for the Sens amidst the first back-to-back series of the campaign. The game last night was the must win game they so desperately needed. While they seek offenive solutions, Arthur Kayliev will make his season debut for Ottawa. Linus Ullmark is expected to start against a debuting Phillip Grubauer. Getting the points is becoming dire early for Ottawa while this start continues. 

Jared McCann – Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle

Jaden Schwartz — Chandler Stephenson — Eeli Tolvanen

Mason Marchment — Shane Wright — Ryan Winterton

Tye Kartye — Frederick Gaudreau — Jani Nyman

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson

Ryan Lindgren — Brandon Montour

Josh Mahura — Jamie Oleksiak

Scratched: Matt Murray, Berkly Catton, Cale Fleury

Injured: Ryker Evans (upper body), Kaapo Kakko (hand)

Michael Amadio — Tim Stutzle — Fabian Zetterlund

Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Claude Giroux

David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson

Nick Cousins — Lars Eller — Arthur Kaliyev

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven — Jordan Spence

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo, Olle Lycksell

Injured: Brady Tkachuk (hand)

Seattle – Jared McCann – the history making star forward for the Kraken continues to roll on and make his stamp on the young franchise. 

Ottawa – Drake Batherson – after making his debut last night, his offense is needed for this lineup with Tkachuk out for a while. 

Predicting the Final Score