Preview: Bruins wrap up Ontario stretch with visit to Ottawa
Our long Ontario nightmare is nearly over.
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- When: Tonight, 7 PM
- Where: Canadian Tire Centre - Kanata, ON
- How to follow: NESN, Country 102.5
- Opposing perspective: Silver Seven Sens
Know your enemy
- 8-5-4, 20PTS, 3rd in the Atlantic Division
- Drake Batherson: 6G-11A-17PTS; Tim Stützle: 8G-8A-16PTS; Shane Pinto: 8G-6A-14PTS
- Linus Ullmark: 6-4-4, 3.21 GAA, .870 save percentage
Game notes
- Hang in there, folks. After tonight, we won’t have to see a team from Ontario again for a very, very long time — like a month.
- The Senators lost last time out, falling to Dallas in OT on Tuesday. However, they’re 6-1-3 in their last ten games and are currently in the midst of a six-game point streak and have earned at least a point in nine of their last ten games.
- I kind of already made this point with the “at least a point” part above, but it feels worth pointing out that five of Ottawa’s last six games have gone beyond regulation. Bonus hockey isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and the Sens are making sure their fans get their money’s worth.
- Last time the Bruins played in Ottawa, they turned in their worst performance of the season, losing 7-2. Imagine being told back then that between that loss and the B’s next visit to Ottawa tonight they wouldn’t lose a game? You’d probably have found yourself fit for a nice, cozy, tightly tied new jacket.
- Former Bruin Linus Ullmark has had an up-and-down start to the season for Ottawa, leading to some questions about goaltending at GM Steve Staios’s recent press conference. Staios reiterated is faith in Ullmark.
- The B’s got some solid value out of their power play against Toronto on Tuesday night. If they can draw a few penalties tonight, they may be in luck, as Ottawa has the league’s second-worst penalty kill.
- Sens forward Michael Amadio, who scored in the last match-up between these two teams, had a nice run of four straight games with a goal snapped in Tuesday’s loss. With six goals in 17 games, he’s nearly halfway to his career high of 16 (recorded in 67 games).
- Charlie McAvoy is on a nice run of late for the B’s, with six assists in his last four games. McAvoy hasn’t scored yet this season, giving him a weird-looking stat line of 0G-16A-16PTS in 17 games.
- If David Pastrnak scores a goal tonight, I hope the entire Bruins team comes off the bench to celebrate again, just to make people mad.
See ya tonight!
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