What – Game 77 (49-21-6)
When – 5 p.m., Sunday, April 5
Where – Canadian Tire Centre; Ottawa, ON
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South, TSN5, RDS2<\/p>\n
The Carolina Hurricanes are back in action tonight as they play the second half of a back-to-back in Ottawa.<\/p>\n
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The Canes are winners of three straight, most recently defeating the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
They’ve defeated Eastern Conference bubble teams in each game on the streak and so they’ll see if they can go for four today.<\/p>\n
Ottawa is losers of four of their last five games and they sit just one point outside of the playoff picture.<\/p>\n
They’re coming off of a 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild last night and they’ll be hoping for a better result against the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n
Streaks<\/p>\n
Sebastian Aho (1g, 5a) has points in five straight games.<\/p>\n
Andrei Svechnikov (3g, 2a) has points in four straight games.<\/p>\n
Logan Stankoven (3g, 1a) has points in three straight games.<\/p>\n
Seth Jarvis (2g, 2a), K’Andre Miller (3a), Taylor Hall (3a) and Jackson Blake (1g, 1a) have points in back-to-back games.<\/p>\n
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Milestone Watch<\/p>\n
Taylor Hall is one goal away from 300 career goals.<\/p>\n
Sean Walker is one assist away from 100 career assists.<\/p>\n
Game Notes<\/p>\n
Carolina is 2-0-0 against Ottawa this season, having won 4-1 and 4-3.<\/p>\n
Sebastian Aho (9g, 26pts in 24gp) and Nikolaj Ehlers (12g, 29pts in 25gp) are point-per-game players for their careers against the Senators.<\/p>\n
Projected Starting Goalies<\/p>\n
Frederik Andersen: 14-13-5; 0.871 Sv%; 3.09 GAA<\/p>\n
James Reimer: 6-4-1; 0.883 Sv%; 2.42 GAA<\/p>\n
Leading Scorers<\/p>\n
Goals – Seth Jarvis (32) \/ Tim Stutzle (32)<\/p>\n
Points – Sebastian Aho (78) \/ Tim Stutzle (77)<\/p>\n
Power PlayPenalty Kill<\/p>\n
Andrei Svechnikov – Sebastian Aho – Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall – Logan Stankoven – Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook
William Carrier – Mark Jankowski – Eric Robinson<\/p>\n
Jaccob Slavin – Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller – Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere – Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n
Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi<\/p>\n
Injuries and Scratches: Mike Reilly, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Pyotr Kochetkov (hip)<\/p>\n
Fabian Zetterlund – Tim Stutzle – Drake Batherson
Brady Tkachuk – Dylan Cozens – Ridly Greig
Michael Amadio – Shane Pinto – Claude Giroux
Warren Foegele – Lars Eller – Nick Cousins<\/p>\n
Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Nikolas Matinpalo – Jordan Spence
Lassi Thomson – Cameron Crotty<\/p>\n
James Reimer
Linus Ullmark<\/p>\n
Injuries and Scratches: Stephen Halliday, Thomas Chabot (arm), Dennis Gilbert (UBI), Nick Jensen (LBI), Tyler Kleven (UBI), Carter Yakemchuk (concussion)<\/p>\n