Nashville Predators at Ottawa Senators
The Predators have lost four straight games in regulation and have managed to score just three goals in those contests. Goal scoring had always been hard to come by for this team but this is exceptionally bad. Not coincidentally, the Preds have gone 0-for-15 on the power play in those four games. About 25.8-percent of Nashville’s goals this year have come on the power play; for comparison, the Penguins are at about 27.6-percent. If the power play isn’t rolling, this team isn’t, and right now the power play is not rolling whatsoever.
Ottawa’s tumultuous season continues as the team lost back to back games against Calgary and Edmonton last week before pulling out a 5-3 win in Winnipeg despite giving up 49 shots against. Their penalty killing has been absolutely atrocious since the Olympic break, rolling along at a 69.6-percent efficiency (16-for-23). If that penalty killing doesn’t shore up for the game tonight, the Senators could be in for a very tough game.
Nashville has had a good power play for most of the year and the Sens are averaging 4.6 power plays against per game in their last five games (to go with that brutal efficiency). Goaltender Pekka Rinne has only given up six goals against in his three games since returning from injury and has improved in every game since coming back. I think this is another low-scoring game like these two had in January (a 2-1 shootout win for Ottawa) with Rinne being the difference.
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Bargain Bin |
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Ales Hemsky $7915 |
Milan Michalek $7416 |
(NSH) $9527 |
Roman Josi $7475 |
(OTT) $5613 |
