Games tonight affecting Sens

[Senscore]

For the love of God visit the steakhouse AFTER the game

 

[Tuna99]

Out of town score board tonight basically moves our odds up as much a sens win. If sens don't show up in Chicago tomorrow they aren't serious.

of course they will show up and win, what team have you been watching this year?

 

[Alex1234]

Would be crazy if the Sens, Leafs and Habs all made the playoffs.

And Winnipeg, EDM, Calgary, and Vancouver

F..k Gary

 

[Big Muddy]

A Senator win tonight vs the Hawks and a Ranger's loss would be sweet. Go Senators & Capitals!

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

A Senator win tonight vs the Hawks and a Ranger's loss would be sweet. Go Senators & Capitals!

Capitals win is very likely if nothign else. The Sens just need to be smart.

 

[MiscBrah]

It would be nice to win, but ultimately, as I explained in the post from a few days ago, the games against the teams we are battling for a playoff spot are significantly more important. I don't see this game moving the dial much either way. The games against NYR and DET are coming up and are critical, those ones are basically must win. Let's hope we can get at least a point tonight.

 

[SensFactor]

It's true that the Blackhawks always give us fits but need to go in there, wake the f*** up (looking at you Batherson, Perron, Norris) and take care of business.

 

[lang006]

2 points tonight would only be the 4th time in 27 years the Sens manage a win at the Madhouse. Fingers crossed

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Wow thank god they’re really committed to Swayman. Ironically if they’d play korpisalo more often they’d probably be ahead of us now.

Nsh 5
Bos 3
8mins to go

Doubt it. They've played about the same. Korpisalo's save % is only 1 point behind Swayman's, but Korpisalo has had the softer spot starts as the backup.

The real question is where would they be if they still had Ullmark to lean in to. Safe to say they'd be in a playoff spot right now imo.

It would be nice to win, but ultimately, as I explained in the post from a few days ago, the games against the teams we are battling for a playoff spot are significantly more important. I don't see this game moving the dial much either way. The games against NYR and DET are coming up and are critical, those ones are basically must win. Let's hope we can get at least a point tonight.

They're playing one of the worst teams in the league. No excuses. I agree in general, but just the same, losses to bottom feeders down the stretch can be crippling even though they're not 4 point games.

 

[swiftwin]

It would be nice to win, but ultimately, as I explained in the post from a few days ago, the games against the teams we are battling for a playoff spot are significantly more important. I don't see this game moving the dial much either way. The games against NYR and DET are coming up and are critical, those ones are basically must win. Let's hope we can get at least a point tonight.

I completely disagree. Tonight is more important for a few reasons. We're the clear favorite. The team is still a little bit fragile and tentative from that 5 game loss streak. With a win tonight, the team is feeling good and has a good chance against NYR and Detroit, which are much harder games. With a win tonight, if we lose one of those two NYR/Detroit games (which is the likeliest outcome), we're still in the hunt. With a loss against Chicago, those two games could potentially be season ending.

We had a similar game in Chicago at a similar point in the season two years ago when we were one point out of a playoff spot. That loss was the literal turning point of that season.

 

[DackellDuck]

I completely disagree. Tonight is more important for a few reasons. We're the clear favorite. The team is still a little bit fragile and tentative from that 5 game loss streak. With a win tonight, the team is feeling good and has a good chance against NYR and Detroit, which are much harder games. With a win tonight, if we lose one of those two NYR/Detroit games (which is the likeliest outcome), we're still in the hunt. With a loss against Chicago, those two games could potentially be season ending.

We had a similar game in Chicago at a similar point in the season two years ago when we were one point out of a playoff spot. That loss was the literal turning point of that season.

No doubt. For the games against other wildcard contenders to matter, you have to stay within 2-4 pts of them. You can't be losing to Chicago.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Hughes is out for the season. Rangers could catch up to them and push NJ into the wildcard race.

 

[mianjo]

In 3rd

Ottawa 3 Chicago 3
Washington 1 NYR 2


10pm
Toronto Vegas

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Washington f***ing took the worst time to decide to play like idiots.