Amadio stays hot
Michael Amadio has scored a goal in four straight games for the Senators — against Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia and Utah — the first time in his career he’s riding a four-game goal streak. “He always plays a pretty solid game, Ammo, he’s a real smart player,” said Green after the win against Utah.
“He can play good and not play his best, with his smarts. I just think he’s done a better job of being a little harder on the puck on the wall, too. His wall work [Sunday] was fantastic. It’s funny, if you check well, if you do a lot of simple things well in your own zone, even reloading out of the other zone, playing smart, hard hockey, you end up getting chances at the other end, and that’s a good example.”
The last Senators player to score a goal in five straight games was Brady Tkachuk, who notched a goal in five straight contests last season (Feb. 8 – March 8). Amadio has also logged only 63:09 of ice time during his four-game goal streak – the third fewest minutes played by anybody in Sens history with a four-game goal streak.
“Just playing with a little bit of confidence,” said Amadio on Tuesday morning about how he’s feeling. “Fortunate to play with some good linemates out there as well who have given me some great opportunities as well. But more importantly, it’s been huge to get a lot of wins as well, so yeah, hopefully we keep it going tonight.”
Amadio says his game-day routine through his hot streak has been the same “for a while now,” and that he’s going to keep the same routine “even if it goes the other way as well.”