What - Game 68 (41-20-6)
When - 6 p.m., Sunday, March 17
Where - Canadian Tire Centre; Ottawa, ON, Canada
How to Watch - Bally Sports South
The Carolina Hurricanes will finish their short Canadian road trip with a stop in Canada's capital to take on the Ottawa Senators (28-33-4).
Carolina is coming off a wild 5-4 come-from-behind shootout victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs and they'll hope they still have some energy left in the tank after last night's thriller.
The Sentors also played yesterday, picking up a 4-3 overtime victory over the New York Islanders.
Ottawa is starting to heat up a bit, having won their last three games (all beyond regulation), but that came on the heels of a seven-game losing streak.
It's been a hot and cold season for the Senators who many predicted to take a step this year, but the only direction they moved this year was backwards.
Streaks
- Jake Guentzel (3a), Seth Jarvis (2g), Evgeny Kuznetsov (1g, 1a) and Dmitry Orlov (2a) have points in back-to-back games.
- Frederik Andersen has won each of his last three starts allowing two or fewer goals in each.
Milestone Watch
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is two assists shy of 400 career assists.
- Brett Pesce is three points shy of 200 career points.
- Brent Burns played in his 1,400th career game last night against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- Jesper Fast also earned his 100th career point as a Hurricane last night.
Game Notes
- Carolina is 2-0-0 against Ottawa this season with a 5-3 win on Oct. 11 and a 4-1 win on Dec. 12.
- Sebastian Aho (7g, 19pts in 19 GP) and Jake Guentzel (11g, 16pts in 15 GP) are point-per-game players against the Senators.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Frederik Andersen: 7-1-0; 0.913 Sv%; 2.19 GAA
- Anton Forsberg: 12-10-0; 0.891 Sv%; 3.21 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Sebastian Aho (27) / Brady Tkachuk (30)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (71) / Tim Stutzle (63)
Power Play
- Carolina - 26.0% (5th)
- Ottawa - 16.9% (27th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 85.7% (2nd)
- Ottawa - 73.6% (31st)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Jake Guentzel - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Brendan Lemieux - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Tony DeAngelo, Spencer Martin, Jack Drury (LBI), Teuvo Teravainen (UBI)
Senators Projected Lineup
Brady Tkachuk - Shane Pinto - Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig - Tim Stutzle - Claude Giroux
Mathieu Joseph - Zack Ostapchuk - Dominik Kubalik
Borsis Katchouk - Mark Kastelic - Parker Kelly
Jake Sanderson - Artem Zub
Jakob Chychrun - Jacob Bernard-Docker
Erik Brannstrom - Max Guenette
Anton Forsberg
Joonas Korpisalo
Injuries and Scratches: x, Thomas Chabot (LBI), Rourke Chartier (UBI), Travis Hamonic (undisclosed), Matthew Highmore (UBI), Zack MacEwen (LBI), Josh Norris (UBI)