The Ottawa
Senators are looking to win 3 games in a row for the second time this season
(Oct.8-12)
Ottawa has won 2
straight at home and are 6-2-0 at the CTC this season.
The Sens are 4-0-2
at home vs Washington in the last 6 games. The Capitals haven’t won in Ottawa
in regulation since a 7-5 victory on Oct.25’21
Overall, the Sens
are 8-2-4 in their last 14 vs the Caps.
The Sens
have 11 wins in their first 18 games. The last time Ottawa recorded 12 wins in
a season before hitting the 20-game mark was back in the 2007-08
season. (source Senators)
The Senators won
their last two games, taking the lead in the final five minutes of regulation.
It was just the seventh time in franchise history this happened over two
consecutive games. The last time was in February 2007 (source Senators)
2026 - Nov. 4
& 7 - BUF & UTH M. Amadio & N. Cousins 2007 - Feb. 24
& 27 - BUF & CAR J. Spezza & W. Redden
Linus Ullmark is
expected to return tonight after missing the last 8 games with a lower body
injury.
Ullmark leads the league in GAA (1.33) and SV% (.945)
The Sens
goaltender hasn’t allowed more than 2 goals in his last 11 starts, dating back
to last season. Posting a 10-1-0 record with a 1.24 GAA and a .950 SV%
Batherson recorded
his first career hat-trick vs WAS (Oct.25’21)
Stützle has 3-2-5pts
during his current 4 game home point streak.
Claude Giroux has
1-5-6pts vs WAS in his last 5 games. Giroux has scored the third most points
against the Capitals among active players.
Giroux leads the
league in FOW % - 63.1%Washington has
played a league low 4 road games this season (2-2-0)
The Capitals 15
games are tied for the fewest in the league (CBJ & LAK)
The Capitals have
held the opposition to fewer than 30 shots in each of their last seven games.
Washington has 6
comeback wins this season tied for second in the league
Alex Tuch leads
the Capitals with 11 goals this season. He’s scored seven times in 23 career
games against Ottawa, and his team is a perfect 6-0-0 when he finds the back of
the net against the Senators.
Alex Ovechkin has
scored 39 career goals against Ottawa, the second-most by any player in NHL
history. But the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer has struggled this season,
scoring just once in 15 games. He enters tonight riding a 10-game goalless
drought, tied for the second-longest of his career.
Alex Ovechkin is 2
assists shy of passing Nicklas Backstrom (762) for the most assists in
franchise history; 9 points shy of 1,700 career points; 10 goals shy of passing
Wayne Gretzky (1,016) for the most combined goals (regular season + playoffs)
in NHL history (source Capitals)
Ryan Leonard will
play his 100th career game tonight. He has scored 26G-31A-57 points
in his career.
