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Ottawa Senators

Preview: Senators & Red Wings to Celebrate Alfredsson’s Career

By Jesse Zhang December 29th, 2016

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It is going to be a big game between the Ottawa Senators and the Detroit Red Wings, as the greatest Senator ever will see his number 11 raised to the rafters. The only two teams that Daniel Alfredsson has ever played for in the NHL will face-off tonight in honour of the Swedish legend and recently sworn-in Canadian citizen.

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Once the ceremony is over, the puck will drop and the focus for both teams will return to gaining two points. The Senators are coming off a tough loss on the road in which they surrendered a two-goal lead to fall to the New York Rangers 4-3. They will look to bounce back against a Red Wings team that is facing the threat of seeing their playoff streak end at 25 years.


Ottawa Senators vs. Detroit Red Wings

Canadian Tire Centre – 8 p.m. EST

Broadcast channels – TSN5 & FS-D

2016-17 Season Series: October 17 – Detroit Red Wings won 5-1

Ottawa Senators – 20-12-3 – 43 Points – 2nd in Atlantic Division

Home Record: 11-5-3

Hot Players: Mark Stone, Bobby Ryan

Key Absences: Zack Smith (abdominal strain), Andrew Hammond (ankle), Clarke MacArthur (concussion), Craig Anderson (personal leave)

Projected lines:

Forwards

Ryan Dzingel – Derick Brassard – Mark Stone

Tom Pyatt — Kyle Turris – Bobby Ryan

Mike Hoffman – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Curtis Lazar

Casey Bailey – Chris Kelly – Chris Neil

Defence

Marc Methot – Erik Karlsson

Dion Phaneuf – Cody Ceci

Mark Borowiecki – Chris Wideman

Starting Goaltender

Mike Condon

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Detroit Red Wings – 15-6-4 – 34 Points – Last in Atlantic Division

Road Record: 8-6-1

Hot Players: Anthony Mantha

Key Injuries: Tomas Jurco (illness), Justin Abdelkader (knee), Mike Green (undisclosed), Jimmy Howard (knee), Darren Helm (shoulder), Alexey Marchenko (shoulder), Johan Franzen (concussion-like symptoms), Joe Vitale (concussion)

Projected lines:

Forwards

Tomas Tatar – Henrik Zetterberg – Anthony Mantha

Gustav Nyquist – Frans Nielsen – Thomas Vanek

Riley Sheahan – Dylan Larkin – Luke Glendening

Drew Miller – Andreas Athanasiou – Steve Ott

Defence

Danny DeKeyser – Xavier Ouellet

Niklas Kronwall – Brendan Smith

Jonathan Ericsson – Nick Jensen

Starting Goaltender

Jared Coreau


Game Notes

1) Ottawa will be without Zack Smith who received an abdominal strain during the second period against the Rangers in New York on Tuesday night. Prior to that, he was perhaps the team’s hottest player, with four goals and seven points in his last five games. The Senators will not be lost on offence, with players such as Stone, Ryan and Brassard providing solid contributions.

Riley Sheahan

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2) Detroit’s third goaltender Jared Coreau will be getting the start against Ottawa. Coreau, who is from the region, has spent most of his professional career in the minors with the Grand Rapid Griffins. He received a recall once Jimmy Howard got hurt and has started two games, including a 4-3 shootout win against the Florida Panthers. He made 31 saves that game for his first NHL victory. The Red Wings will trust him once again to find a win.

3) Erik Karlsson is continuing his growth into not only a great player, but a good leader and captain as well. Trying to fit the shoes of Alfredsson is no small task, but the latter has taught Karlsson much, especially about things off the ice. There will be no Senator like Alfredsson for a long time to come, but Karlsson is coming into his own as the new face of the franchise.

Norris Finalists, Ottawa Senators, Erik Karlsson, Fantasy Hockey

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4) Special teams could be a difference in this game. Although both teams are equal on the penalty kill at 81.5%, the Red Wings are last in the league on the power-play, scoring at only 12.5% whereas Ottawa is scoring at a respectable 17%. The Senators may not receive too many chances, however, as the Red Wings are 10th in the league in the least amount of times shorthanded.

5) Karlsson isn’t the only Swede in this game that looked up to Alfredsson. Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg played with Alfredsson in Detroit for a year as well as on the International scene. Zetterberg knows all about Alfie as a player, categorizing him in the “Big Four” Swedish hockey players alongside Nick Lidstrom, Mats Sundin and Peter Forsberg.


It will be a game that is as important in the standings as it will be special and memorable for the Senators and the Red Wings. Although the teams are at polar opposites of each other in the Atlantic Division standings, the Senators only have a four-point cushion while the Red Wings are six points out. A win from either team could either make the playoff race a lot more interesting, or it could spread these two teams out even further.

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