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Senators ups and downs: Week 18
(Ups and downs is a feature that looks at the individual performances of the Ottawa Senators during the past week.) Well, Senators nostalgia week was more fun to talk about than it was to watch. The team captured three of a possible six points on the week, a disappointing result considering their...
Silver Nuggets: Even strength scoring
Jason Spezza leads the Senators with 36 even strength points, but do you know who is second? It's Nick Foligno with 30, two ahead of Erik Karlsson and Daniel Alfredsson. In terms of per 60 minutes of 5-on-5, Foligno is in fact leading the way with 2.41 points per 60 minutes. On defence, Erik...
The noon number: Six
6 - The number of starts Craig Anderson has made for the Ottawa Senators in the past 18 days, as of today. As your math skills can tell you, that's one start every three days. That pace is hardly the grind alarmist statements like, "Craig Anderson has started 18 consecutive games!" are so eager to...
Silver Nuggets: Being outnumbered at home is our own fault
Having sat through the horror of a 5-0 home loss to Toronto and then yet another heartbreaking Super Bowl loss, I have moved on to the acceptance stage. However, I was further disappointed after reading this article by Wayne Scanlan that a season-ticket holder feels that it isn't "safe" to attend a...
Senators ups and downs: Week 17
(Ups and downs is a feature that looks at the individual performances of the Ottawa Senators for the past week.) What goes up must come down. The Senators, who had been winning dangerously for so much of the month of January, have watched much of the luck that buoyed them to those wins evaporate....
Senators lose 2-1 in overtime to the Islanders for fifth straight loss
[Boxscore] [Game summary] [Face-offs] [Play by play] [Ice time] [Corsi] [Head-to-head] [Zone starts] [Scoring Chances] You know how the Senators were supposed to come out firing against a weaker opponent? Well that didn't happen. The good news is that the Senators finally picked up a point. The bad...
Silver Nuggets: Senators dominating weaker teams
As the Ottawa Senators get ready to host the New York Islanders tonight, it is worth looking at Ottawa's record against the 'weaker' teams. Thanks to the overtime loss point, there are eight clubs in the NHL currently under a point a game. The Senators are 2-0 against Tampa Bay, 3-1-1 against...
Silver Nuggets: Upcoming five game homestand is crucial
The Ottawa Senators have lost four games in a row, all in regulation. While they are still sixth in the eastern conference, they have dropped to eighth in the east in terms of points per game. That's the bad news. The good news is that the Senators played very well last night in a road game against...
Senators blow two-goal lead, lose 4-3 to the Bruins
[Boxscore] [Game summary] [Face-offs] [Play by play] [Ice time] [Corsi] [Head-to-head] [Zone starts] [Scoring Chances] The Ottawa Senators may have lost 4-3 to the Boston Bruins, but by no means were they outplayed by the champions. Despite many things going against them, they were in the game...
Silver Nuggets: Filatov demoted to Russian junior league
Nikita Filatov has fallen quite a bit in four months. After having started the season in Ottawa on Jason Spezza's line, he was benched and then sent to the AHL. After a few weeks of performing well in the AHL, he was called up to Ottawa again, and played sparingly for the most part. At this point...
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