Ottawa Senators have to stop two-game with losing shit in Florida

Article content

Ottawa Senators (29-22-4) at Florida Panthers (33-20-3)

Tonight at. 19.00, AMERANT BANK Arena

TV: Town Radio: TSN 1200

Odds: Ottawa -168 Florida +136

Linus returns

It is expected that goalkeeper Linus Ullmark starts in this last game before the National Hockey League takes a two-week break for 4-nation face-off, which is held in Montreal and Boston.

Article content

Surprisingly, he did not play in Game 2 in the series against Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night, but coach Travis Green suggested that the club would ease Ullmark back in the fold.

That’s fine, but he has to play this one.

The senators fell a 4-3 decision in its return to the net for the first time since December 22 Tuesday in Game 1 against the bolts, but Ullmark was solid with 33 stops of 37 shots.

He intends to play for Team Sweden, who may not be the worst case as he has missed so much time> he at least plays hockey while most players are on the beach.

There is a lot of debate about this topic and therefore there must be that Ullmark lacks as much time as he has with a back disease.

The senators have 26 games left after the break and they need Ullmark to play a majority of these games. Anton Forsberg was not to blame for the loss in Tampa because he could have used some scoring aid.

Ullmark has a 13-3-1 lifetime record against Panthers with a 2.38 goal against average and a .931 savings percentage.

We apologize, but this video has not loaded.

Play video

Hard customers

The defending Stanley Cup masters come out of a 3-2 overtime victory against St. Louis Blues on the road Thursday.

Article content

Matthew Tkachuk scored with 11.8 seconds left in regulation by tilting a shot home to secure the victory. It was his 20th goal of the season and it is his third ever since he was treated for Panthers.

Tkachuk ended the night with two goals and one point as he was preparing to meet against his brother, Brady Tkachuk.

“He’s a driver,” Floridas Sam Reinhart told the club’s website about Matteus games. “He is a heartbeat when he goes like that. It seems that when the moment gets bigger, he rises to the apartment. “

The senators scored a 3-1 victory over the Panthers in the home opener on October 10 in the Canadian Tire Center.

Businesses

Ottawa

Forward

Tkachuk/Greig/Giroux

Perron/Stutzlebatherson

Highmore/Ostapchuk/Amadio

Reinhardt/Gaudette

Defenders

Sanderson/Zub

Chabot/Jensen

Kleven/Hamonic

Matinpalo

Goals

Ullmark/Merilainen

Florida Panthers

Forward

Verhaeghe/Barkov/Reinhart

Samoskevich/Sam Bennett/Matthew Tkachuk

Luostarinen/Lundell/Rodrigues

Greer/nosek/boqvist

Defenders

Forest/Ekblad

Mikkola/Kulikov

Balinskis/Schmidt

Goals

Bobrovsky/Knight

Damage

Ottawa: F Nick Cousins ​​(Knee Operation, Season; F Josh Norris (Mid-Body, Week to Week); D Jacob Bernard Docker (High Anchor Disposal, Six Weeks); F Noah Gregor (lower body, Ltir); C Shane Pinto (upper body, day to day).

Florida: F Will Lockwood (not revealed, day to day).

[email protected]

Article content