senators LEADERS
BRUCE GARRIOCH’S
SENS
GAMEDAY OTTAWA (1-0-1) AT L.A. (1-2)
10:30 p.m., Staples Center, Snet East, TSN 1200
FIVE KEYS TO THE GAME 1
jake muzzin
Welcome to La La Land
Dealing with traffic
LEFT WING
Milan Michalek Clarke MacArthur Colin Greening Matt Kassian
The Senators haven’t been to Los Angeles every year, but they haven’t had a win here in 13 years. You’d think sooner or later, they have to turn it around. Now would be a good time to start.
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Erik Karlsson Patrick Wiercioch Joe Corvo
RIGHT WING
Bobby Ryan Cory Conacher Chris Neil Erik Condra
GOALIES
Craig Anderson Robin Lehner
kings GAMEDAY LINES Dustin Brown Matt Frattin Dwight King Kyle Clifford
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Lines based on yesterday’s practice
LEFT WING
kings
CENTRE
Jason Spezza Kyle Turris Zack Smith J.G. Pageau
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Marc Methot Jared Cowen Chris Phillips
Turning the tables
SENATORS
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SENS GAMEDAY lines
Ready for prime time
SICK BAY
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Two of the best young defencemen — both of whom will be contenders for the Norris Trophy at the end of the season, — will square off. Both will play big minutes and both can produce points.
Captain Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek and Bobby Ryan had plenty of shots in the club’s first two games, but they didn’t score. The heat is on them to start producing in Game 3.
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Jeff Carter Jake Muzzin Anze Kopitar Matt Frattin Drew Doughty Justin Williams Matt Greene Willie Mitchell Slava Voynov Robyn Regehr Mike Richards
Drew Doughty vs. Erik Karlsson
Andy must be dandy
Yup, there’s always snarls on the L.A. highways, but we’re talking about the kind near the net. The Kings are a big, strong team and they play with a hardnosed edge at the net.
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THE BIG MATCHUP
If Craig Anderson is going to get a chance to go to the Olympics, L.A. goalie Jonathan Quick is one of the guys he’ll have to beat out for playing time. A win here would certainly help.
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kings LEADERS
Craig Anderson battles fellow Yank Jonathan Quick tonight.
The Senators haven’t been this way in two years and need to overcome the time change. They came out a day early, but the reality is they’re dropping the puck at 10:30 p.m. EST.
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Patrick wiercioch
GP G Kyle Turris 2 1 Jared Cowen 2 1 Patrick Wiercioch 2 0 Clarke MacArthur 2 0 Erik Karlsson 2 1 Jason Spezza 2 1 Cory Conacher 2 1 Milan Michalek 2 0 Bobby Ryan 2 0 Marc Methot 2 0 Chris Phillips 2 0
CENTRE
Anze Kopitar Mike Richards Jarret Stoll Colin Fraser
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
SPECIAL TEAMS
SENATORS: PP 0% (24th); PK 80% (17th) kings: PP 30% (5th) PP; 85.7% (10th)
Robyn Regehr Willie Mitchell Jake Muzzin
Drew Doughty Slava Voynov Matt Greene
RIGHT WING
Justin Williams Jeff Carter Trevor Lewis Jordan Nolan
GOALIES
Jonathan Quick Ben Scrivens