Three Stars: 1. Henrik Lundqvist (35 saves) 2. Brian Elliot (27 saves) 3. Chris Phillips
Final Score: New York Rangers: 2 Ottawa Senators: 1
Goalie Stats Henrik Lundqvist: SV: 35 SV%: .972 GA: 1 Brian Elliot: SV: 27 SV%: .964 GA: 1
Recap Notes: - You let your goalie down by letting up a short handed goal Senators - Vinny Prospal scored a short handed goal! - 7 round shoot out... nice miss Michalek - Can't this be like the Special Olympics and everyone wins? - Callahan must've pissed Alfredsson of, as Alfie kept shooting directly at him - The goal is to shoot around players, not at them - Both teams missed fantastic opportunities to end the game in regulation - Everyone but the goalies should be ashamed of themselves
- Emery gets vengeance. - 13 minutes of penalties for the Sens...well, that's an improvement. - 2 Power play goals against the Sens...sadly, that can be considered an improvement too. - Chris Neil didn't get any penalties. Yeah, you heard me - If Ottawa can't score on Emery, good luck against Lundqvist on Saturday. Although he didn't fair well tonight against the Thrashers.
Recap Notes: - Oilers hate leads - Cheechoo scores first goal since 2002 of the season - Leclaire denies breakaways like Pierre McGuire denis heterosexual relations - Daniel Aldredsson failed to get a point for the first time in 10 games - Throw a parade! Senators only took two minor penalties!!! - Oilers should get their flu shots - Senators play again tomorrow against those limp dicks from Philly
Recap Notes: -Ottawa blew this game for themselves, they started up 2-0. -Both Rutuu and Neil got game misconduct penalties...jerks. -Every one of the Devils' goals were power play goals -Ottawa may be one of the least disciplined teams in the current NHL -Brodeur let in his softest goal of the season -Otawa went 0-2 on powerplay. -Spezza didn't have a point, but he was the best player on the ice.
Recap Notes: -Spezza came back after missing to games to get 1 goal (game winner) and 2 assists. -In fantasy hockey, Spezza is still DTD and I started Getzlaf over him...my mistake. -Stamkos is, once again, a beast -Chris Neil took Victor Headman out of the game in the second -While defending Headman, Steve Downie got a penalty hat-trick (minor, major, and misconduct) -Ottawa's next game will be Saturday against the Devils
Three Stars: 1. Steven Stamkos (2 goals, 1 assist) 2. Ryan Malone (1 goal, 2 assits) 3. David Hale (2 assists)
Final Score: Tampa Bay Lightning: 5 Ottawa Senators: 2
Goalie Stats Mike Smith: SV: 21 SV%: .913 GA: 2 Brian Elliot: SV: 22 SV%: .815 GA: 5
Recap Notes: - The Ottawa Senators forgot there was three periods, not one, and never played until the third - Chris Neil is the worst tough guy in the league. Loves hugs. - Ryan Malone loves little kids, misses Pittsburgh - St. Louis saw a fan he didn't like in the crowd on a penalty shot and fired it at him instead of Elliot - Alex Kovalev would be great again if he would play up to his skill level - That Stamkos kid is going to be good - Brian Elliot is no Pascal Leclaire. Can't believe I just typed that - That relic Alex TanGAY finally scored. Finally. - They say you are what you eat. Well Chris Neil must go down on a lot of girls 'cause he's a pussy. - Senators back in action tomorrow against the Kovalchuk-less Thrashers
Recap Notes: Nick Foligno and Jarkko Ruutu scored 38 seconds apart in the second period to basically give Ottawa the win over the Panthers.
Leclaire left the game early because he saw some highlights from the Maple Leafs-Stars game and got sick. Brian Elliot finished up the game for him and really kept the Senators alive.
The win puts the Senators 1 point behind the Sabres for Northeast supremancy. Ottawa continues their Florida vacation tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning!
Recap Notes: Games like this make the Center Ice purchase well worth it.
The Ottawa Senators fell to the Nashville Predators in a game that saw the Senators score 5 third period goals to help bring the game to OT before Shea Weber decided he had enough.
The Predators entered the third period up 3-0, but then threw defense out the window. The Senators scored three unanswered goals (Campoli, Foligno and Michalek) before Shea Weber broke the tie with his first goal to put the Predators up 4-3.
Late in the third, Jason Spezza decided to show off and completely embarassed about 10 Predators skaters. Pekka Rinne then decided to do his best Vesa Toskala impression and for some unknown, idiotic reason left the net to try to hit Spezza, who dished the puck to a wide open Anton Volchenkov who tied up the game.
Then with just a minute left in the game Ryan Suter scored on a power play to put the Predators ahead as the Senators band wagon fans faithful headed for the doors.
But then... with less than 2 seconds left in the game and the Senators short handed Chris Phillips beat Rinne with a backhand to tie the game.
By now Nashville had blown the lead roughly 37 (in a row!?) times and Shea Weber was sick of it. So about half way through the extra period Shea Weber blasted a shot by Leclaire for the victory in what just may have been the best game of this young season.
The Senators welcome the Bruins tomorrow night. With both teams suffering OT losses, this game just might get chippy.
Recap Notes: The Montreal crowd cheered for the crowd favorite and rained downed boos at the end…
The Montreal Canadiens crowd cheered Alex Kovalev when he scored for the Senators and booed the home team for their inability to stop him or the Senators.
"It means a lot," said Kovalev, the MVP of the 2009 All-Star Game at the Bell Centre. "It's appreciation for what I've done for the city. I really appreciate all the support the fans gave me and I'm glad I had the chance to show my appreciation for what they did in the summer."
Pascal Leclaire played another great game, out dueling Carey (is a girl’s name) Price to bring the Senators to 5-2-0 on the season.
After opening the season 2-0, the Canadiens have lost 5 straight. The fans definitely have not appreciated the slump their hometown is in.
"The fans expect us to win games so in that sense their reaction is not unexpected," Cammalleri said. "If I was a fan I wouldn't be happy either."
The Canadiens have a couple days off to think about what they’ve done! Or not done.
In a decisive victory, the Ottawa Senators defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-1 last night, with a former Shark leading the way.
Milan Michalek, acquired from San Jose in the trade for Homicide Heatley, scored his first goal of the season last night. And his second. And his third. Then it was free hat night down on the ice!
Two of Michalek's goals were shorthanded. He was seen tea bagging Mike Smith and mumbling something about Smith being his bitch.
"He was flying, obviously, and he was able to find a lot of openings and he could have had a couple of more with some luck," Alfredsson said. "He's very dangerous with his speed."
Alex Kovalev, Alexandre Picard, Nick Foligno and Jarkko Ruutu, who recently gave Scott Hartnell lessons on how to bite an opponent, scored the other Ottawa goals. Ryan Malone had the Lightning's lone goal in a dismal effort.
As is customary in today's game, when a team gets down by a few on the score sheet and feels frustrated, the fists start flying.
In the second period Tampa's Matt Walker took on Chris Neil, and stood his ground against Mr. Neil:
Later in the second, Zenon Konopka, who's name sounds like a bullshit alien lord Scientologists would believe in, took on the Senators' Chris Phillips in a bout that really featured more wrestling than fighting:
Finally, in the third Steve Downie took on Matt Carkner and was promptly defeated:
The Ottawa Senators will battle the Montreal Canadiens tomorrow night.
The Ottawa Senators fell to 3-2-0 as they were defeated 4-1 by the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins (5-1-0).
Former San Jose Sharks Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Michalek hooked up to score late in the first to put the Senators up 1-0. However 39 seconds later old man Bill Guerin showed why he's still in the league and nabbed a great rebound to tie the score heading into the second.
Leclaire played strong for the most part, but got very little effort in front of him as the game went on. Pittburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves to improve to 5-0 on the season.
Penguins forward Tyler Kennedy took over in the second period, notching two goals, one an absolute snipe from the top of the circle that slipped by Leclaire. His first bounced off Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson's skate and past Leclaire.
Defensive beast Jordan Staal got his third goal in three games in the third, making the score 4-1. Ottawa never mounted a serious attack after that. Sidney Crosby was head scoreless and has yet to score in Ottawa in six regular season games.
Ottawa seemed demoralized in the third. They had hit a few posts and Kovalev missed a wide open net. After all that the team played like it had just given up. Coach Clouston should have something to say about that before Tampa Bay comes to town on Thursday.
Mike Fisher scored 32 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators the victory in their home opener and raise their record to 2-1.
Ottawa ended the first period up 1-0 on a call from Peter Regin.
Later in the third Matt Carkner gave the Sens a 2-0 least. Jonathan Cheechoo got his first point as a Senator with the primary assist on the goal.
About four minutes later Kyle Okposo finally came out of the Phaneuf induced coma and scored to bring the Kansas City New York Islanders within 1.
Five minutes into the third Matt Moulson scored a power play goal, assisted by 64 year old Doug Weight and 12 year old John Tavares to tie the game up.
Pascal Leclaire had another strong showing, making 23 saves. He also screwed my fantasy team, making a big glove save on Alexei Kovalev.
Resident NHL super pest Jarkko Ruutu played in his 500th regular season game.
Ottawa's next game is Saturday when they welcom Kovalchuk and the Atlanta Thrashers
The victory in Round One of the Battle of Ontario went to the Ottawa Senators in a battle of the most prolific two teams that cannot find offense.
Ottawa Senators forward Shean Donovan scored the first goal on what Toronto called a questionable call. Donovan batted the puck out of the air on a play that the Maple Leafs thought was a high stick.
Another critical mistake by a Maple Leafs defender would lead to the eventual game winner. Luke Schenn caught Senators winger Milan Michalek with a high stick, while at the same time dragging him down from behind. This resulted in both a two-minute minor and a penalty shot. Daniel Alfredsson took the shot for the injured Michalek.
Alfredsson gave the rookie net minder a rude welcome to the NHL, deking the goalie out of his pads. ``Maybe I'll be able to get him once,'' Alfredsson said with a smile. ``I'm sure he'll be better prepared next time.''
Gustavsson never saw the deke coming.
``It was good penalty shot from him,'' he said. ``I thought he was going to shoot, but he fooled me there.''
Stajan would score on a power play late in the game, but it would be too little too late for a Maple Leafs team that just seems disorganized.
``We'll find most of our forwards tomorrow,'' said Wilson. ``That was almost an embarrassing effort from seven or eight guys who we're really counting on heavily.''
Rookie Viktor Stalberg, who had a fantastic pre-season, left with an injury after a run in with Senators defenseman Anton Volchenkov.
Toronto's mistake master Mike Komisarek appeared to have scored the tying goal, but the shot bounced off both posts and never crossed the goal line.
Pascal Leclaire finished with 26 saves while rookie Gustvasson performed admirably in his starting debut, stopping 26 shots as well. Hope Luke Schenn is kicking himself for letting his team mates down.
The New York Rangers realize how stupid they were to not sign Dubinsky sooner as Dubinsky scored two goals to lead the Rangers to victory of Drive By Heatley's former team the Ottawa Senators.
Marian Gaborik decided he groin was okay enough to play in two consecutive games and at least this week makes all the doubters pay attention as he scored again.
"I think our lines have a lot of speed and we can handle the puck down low," Gaborik said. "We create a lot of chances."
Michelin Man Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves, or at least his equipment did.
Ottawa had a record of 16-4-1 in their last 21 visits to Madison Square Garden. Daniel Alfredsson and Peter Regin (scoring with 6 seconds left) managed to score for the Senators, making the rape charges they filed against New York a little less substantial.
Pascal Leclaire, in his first start since having ankle surgery in December, made 29 saves and basically looked like... Pascal Leclaire.
In explaining the loss, Ottawa forward Jason Spezza made up words:
"We hurt ourselves by taking a lot of penalties," Spezza said. "They brought a better structure to their home opener. We were kind of scrambly."
Rangers forward Sean Avery missed the game with a sprained MCL in his right knee that he suffered after some rough foreplay with his boyfriend.
Despite his shakey performance against the Blue Jackets last week, Thomas is looking like the Vezina Trophy winner he is. Due to some big plays by some young Bruins blood and a 35 save night for Thomas, The Bruins are able to overcome the Senators by a score of 2-1.
I should be known, however that it was not for lack of trying on the Ottawa's part. They managed to outshoot boston 36-20 and Leclaire stopped 18 of 20 shots on net. The first period saw Ottawa's Ryan Shannon scoring first after being fed by Chris Campoli and Jason Spezza. Boston's Brad Marchand was able to answer back with help from Derek Morris and Marc Savard. After a fairly uneventful 2nd period, Drew Fata managed to score the game winning goal in the 3rd on assists by Jeff LoVecchio and Vladimir Sobotka.
No doubt the real headline of this game was the absolute massacre of Chris Neal's face, courtesy of Milan Lucic...oh and Shawn Thornton fought Matt Carkner.
Lucic Vs. Neal
Thornton Vs. Carkner
Bruins have their final preseason game today against Columbus. Ottawa ha no more preseason games and starts their Regular season Oct 3rd against the Rangers
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