The Bruins will look for their 7th consecutive victory tonight when they take on the Ottawa Senators tonight on the road. The Senators, who are now just playing for little more than pride, enter tonight's game riding a 2-game win streak with wins over Montreal and Philadelphia.
Just who are these Senators you speak of?
Ottawa Senators 35-34-10 (80 pts); 4th in Northeast, 11th in East
Leading Goal Scorers
Goaltending
Guys Who Like to Drop the Gloves
Chris Neil: 14 Fighting Majors, 140 PIMs
Jarkko Ruutu: 4 Fighting Majors, 142 PIMs
'08-'09 Season Series
Bruins record vs. Ottawa 4-0-0
10/18 @ OTT 4-2 W
1/8 vs. OTT 6-4 W
2/5 @ OTT 4-3 SO W
3/12 vs. OTT 5-3 W
4/2 vs. OTT 2-1 W
Injury Report:
Boston
LW Marco Sturm: Out for Season (knee)
LW P.J. Axelsson: Out (undisclosed injury)
D Andrew Ference: Out (undisclosed injury)
D Dennis Wideman: Out (undisclosed injury)
Projected Lines:
| Ottawa |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Heatley | Jason Spezza | Daniel Alfredsson | |
| Nick Foligno | Mike Fisher | Ryan Shannon | |
| Chris Kelly | Mike Comrie |
Chris Neil | |
| Christoph Schubert | Jesse Winchester |
Jarkko Ruutu | |
| Chris Phillips | Anton Volchenkov | ||
| Filip Kuba | Chris Campoli |
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| Brendan Bell |
Brian Lee | ||
Notes:
- Manny Fernandez will get the start between the pipes tonight for the B's.
- Shawn Thornton, Phil Kessel, and Aaron Ward are all expected to be back in the lineup tonight. While Andrew Ference, P.J. Axelsson, and Dennis Wideman will sit this one out with undisclosed injuries. The Bruins have been very tight-lipped about injuries lately so there is no indication of how serious any of these injuries are. The team is likely being cautious and allowing players to rest before the playoffs start.
- The Bruins enter tonight's game with 112 points in 78 games played, 3 points behind the San Jose Sharks in the President's Trophy race with the Sharks having played one more game than the Bruins. The B's are one point ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who have 111 points in 79 games played.
- The Bruins special teams play has been very strong lately. Over the past 5 games, the Bruins have a 33.3% success rate on the power play and have killed off 93.8% of penalties.
- Game starts at 7:30. The open thread starts here at 6:30.
- For more on the Sens, check out Silver Seven
Mike Milbury, Andy Brickley, and Jack Edwards take a look at the Sens' Big 3: