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Bruins finish off 3-game road trip in Ottawa

There's no place like home for the holidays. That Hallmark sentiment rings true for the Boston Bruins, who will be happy to see their 3-game road trip come to end. The trip has seen them lose games and personnel, as they have gone 0-1-1 and are currently without the services of 3 of their top 6 defensemen. The B's will look to turns things around tonight when they take on the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place. Only one point separates the two teams in the Northeast Division standings as the Senators sit in second place with 40 points, while the Bruins trail behind with 39 points. The Sens are coming off a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, while the B's are trying bounce back from getting shutout 2-0 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Know Your Enemy

Ottawa Senators (18-13-4; 2nd in Northeast, 5th in Eastern Conference)

Head Coach: Cory Clouston (2nd Year; 37-24-8)

SB Nation's Senators Blog: Silver Seven

Leading Goal Scorer:


Milan Michalek

#9 / Left Wing / Ottawa Senators

6-2

225

Dec 07, 1984



G A P +/- PIM
2009 - Milan Michalek 16 6 22 -7 8

 

Goaltending:


GP MIN W L EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Brian Elliott 20 1154 9 8 52 2.70 528 476 .902 2


GP MIN W L EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Mike Brodeur 1 60 1 0 1 1.00 23 22 .957 0

 

Injury Report


Boston Bruins Injuries

Questionable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Derek Morris undisclosed 12/20/2009
Dennis Wideman undisclosed 12/20/2009

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Milan Lucic ankle 11/26/2009
Mark Stuart sternum 12/15/2009


Ottawa Senators Injuries

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Shean Donovan knee 11/20/2009
Jason Spezza knee 12/16/2009
Chris Neil knee 11/26/2009
Nick Foligno knee 12/15/2009
Pascal Leclaire jaw 11/24/2009

 

Projected Lines & D-Pairs

Boston

Zdeno Chara Matt Hunwick
Andrew Ference Johnny Boychuk
Andy Wozniewski Adam McQuaid

 

Ottawa

Milan Michalek
Josh Hennessy
Chris Phillips Anton Volchenkov
Erik Karlsson Filip Kuba
Alexandre Picard Matt Carkner

 

Notes:

- As of last night when I wrote this, Derek Morris was still listed as questionable with an undisclosed injury.

- Ottawa is 13-4-3 at home this season.

- Ottawa goalie Mike Brodeur got the win and turned aside 22 of 23 shots in his NHL debut on Saturday vs. the Wild.

- The Bruins have lost 4 straight (0-2-2) and have been 0 for 11 on the power play in those 4 games.

- Ottawa takes the 6th most penalty minutes per game in the league (14.5 minutes/game).

- For more on the game, Check out Silver Seven

- The puck drops at 7:30 and can be seen on NESN. The Public Skate open thread starts at 7:00.

Today's Obligatory Embarrassing Senators Fan YouTube Video

 

I have to admit that one was pretty funny. Apparently, this is video #3 of the series. Be sure to check out the original Jonathan Cheechoo Song and The Better Cheechoo Song.

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Sweet zombie jesus, that video is amazing.

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 21, 2009 9:52 AM EST reply actions  

He has like 5 sens jerseys and a team Canada jersey.

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 22, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions  

Mike Brodeur……any relation to Martin?

by delta on Dec 21, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions  

Don’t think so.

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 21, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions  

Yawn

Good morning. Comin’ over from SCH to watch the game tonight. As I live nowhere near Boston, you know where I can find an internet feed I can use later?

GO BRUINS!

by Hawk4Eva on Dec 21, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions  

Or Ottawa, for that matter….

by Hawk4Eva on Dec 21, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions  

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atdhe.net
ustream.tv
justin.tv

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 21, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Fluto Shinzawa is reporting that we’ll get Wideman back tonight (how far have we sunk that such news is positive?) and that Begin will be on the first line, which isn’t the worst idea I’ve ever heard.

by Arenacale on Dec 21, 2009 2:40 PM EST reply actions  

Well if it doesn’t work out we’ll just have another guy to curse when he doesn’t finish on a perfect Savard pass.

Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 21, 2009 2:43 PM EST up reply actions  

The capital of Asshole Town

Thats San Jose

And thats very funny

by SMF360 on Dec 21, 2009 4:09 PM EST reply actions  

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