In another world, it’d be easy to talk about this game as two teams testing each other before their respective playoff pushes. Carolina currently sits in first place in the East with 104 points \u2013 two up on Tampa Bay \u2013 while the shorthanded Senators are currently in WC2, but have four teams breathing down their necks. <\/p>\n
A favourable out-of-town scoreboard means that the Senators continue to control their fate. The Red Wings, Bruins, Flyers, and Capitals are all also in action again today. For the Sens, it’s simple: continue to focus on their game, and ideally, their pattern of playing well on the second half of back-to-backs. <\/p>\n
Sens lines<\/p>\n
The Sens welcomed the return of Jake Sanderson yesterday, and has Jorian Donovan on backup in case they don’t want to pressure their star defender to play two games back-to-back. Otherwise, we expect a similar lineup, with James Reimer in net. <\/p>\n
Sens lines from the warmup.<\/p>\n
Zetterlund-St\u00fctzle-Batherson
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Amadio-Pinto-Giroux
Foegele-Eller-Cousins <\/p>\n
Sanderson-Zub
Matinpalo-Spence
Thomson-Crotty
Donovan<\/p>\n
Ullmark
Reimer<\/p>\n