GDT: Ottawa Senators at NJ Devils - 7PM - Sportsnet / TVAS2 - Winning is NOT an Option Edition

[AchtzehnBaby]

What does that even mean?

The Senators will be hungry for a win tonight as they enter the game having lost their past two. Most recently, the Senators fell to the Colorado Avalanche by a score of 5-1 on Thursday. Dylan Cozens scored the lone goal for the Sens.

In two meetings with the Devils this season, the Senators have gone 1-1. Their first game came at home at the start of the season on October 17, which the Devils took by a score of 3-1. Brady Tkachuk scored the lone goal for the Senators that night.

Ottawa did not conduct a morning skate. ... Zub did not practice Friday but is expected to play. ... Jensen practiced Friday and is questionable; the defenseman has missed the past three games. ... Foote was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Lazar will return after missing a 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday because of a lower-body injury. … Palat was working on his own during the Devils morning skate but the forward will miss his second straight game.

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund

David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson

Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux

Matthew Highmore -- Adam Gaudette -- Michael Amadio

Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic

Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub

Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Nick Jensen (lower body)

 

[Big Muddy]

Hopefully Jensen is healthy and can play. With Jensen out, & Brady not 100% & dealing with a nagging injury, it's not ideal (understatement).

The title of this thread would have made more sense if said “Losing is not an option”.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Hopefully Jensen is healthy and can play. With Jensen out, & Brady not 100% & dealing with a nagging injury, it's not ideal (understatement).

The title of this thread would have made more sense if said “Losing is not an option”.

Every team is playing banged up. Devils without Hughes and Hamilton

 

[Big Muddy]

Every team is playing banged up. Devils without Hughes and Hamilton

Yes, you make a good point. So, should be an easy win for us then.

 

[armani]

I will miss the first two periods, please make sure the guys are listening to HF coaching staff yelling at TV in my absence. If you are attending in person, cheer them up!

Go Sens GO!!

 

[Edmund Ironside]

Making my yearly pilgrimage to a nearby game. Hopefully I get to see Ullmark live!

 

[Relapsing]

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

I will miss the first two periods, please make sure the guys are listening to HF coaching staff yelling at TV in my absence. If you are attending in person, cheer them up!

Go Sens GO!!

My flight lands at 8pm, I expect to be winning 3-0 by that time.

 

[Cosmix]

I really want the Senators to win tonight; however, I really, really want them to show up and be competitive, and not get out-chanced and out-shot.

 

[Icelevel]

I really want the Senators to win tonight; however, I really, really want them to show up and be competitive, and not get out-chanced and out-shot.

It’s all up to Zetterlund

 

[Emerica]

to say this team is streaky is an understatement. Just gotta hope this losing streak doesn't last too long

 

[Cosmix]

It’s all up to Zetterlund

I hope he gets a hat trick tonight.

 

[Cosmix]

to say this team is streaky is an understatement. Just gotta hope this losing streak doesn't last too long

Particularly a team like the Senators who are not a SC contending team due to their weaker roster caused by the Melnyk-Dorion years. When we get an injury to one of our better players, the team suffers because it does not have the roster strength to fill in for the missing player.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Losing like we did to Colorado was a good thing.

It's similar to the Buffalo game. This team needs to hit rock bottom to motivate them to play the right way for a little while. If it's 4-2, 3-1, etc, they can lie to themselves and just say it was the bounces.

 

[Back in Black]

3 hours to gO

 

[PatrickEaves]

Zub and Jensen are the two most important players on this team.

Mostly because when they are in the lineup, they keep Hamonic out of a top-4 role.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

An hour before the game and we don’t know if Jensen traveled with the team?

 

[Micklebot]

Holy crap, live threads are back?

 

[Micklebot]

An hour before the game and we don’t know if Jensen traveled with the team?

He did, 40 second in

 

[PatrickEaves]

An hour before the game and we don’t know if Jensen traveled with the team?

I mean, it took them 4 hours to figure out if Otani even got on a plane.

 

[BigRig4]

I mean, it took them 4 hours to figure out if Otani even got on a plane.

Triggered

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Oddly calm before this one

 

[PatrickEaves]

Oddly calm before this one

Pretty easy to be calm when today starts our 30 game winning streak.

 

[Ouroboros]

No Forsy, no win.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

f***, no Jensen, Hamonic on the 2nd pair.

Why is Ullmark back in?