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The Ottawa Senators (11-12-0, 22 points, 8th Atlantic) will be playing for the second consecutive night on Friday when visiting the Dallas Stars (16-8-3, 35 points, 3rd Central) after playing on the road Thursday night against the St Louis Blues. Ottawa was defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night and the Senators have lost two of the last three. Dallas defeated the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Monday night and the Stars have won two in the last three. Ottawa will play without D Thomas Chabot, C Mark Kastelic and C Shane Pinto. Dallas will play without D Jerad Rosburg.
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The Ottawa Senators are averaging 3.39 goals per game which is 9th best in the NHL while taking an average of 33.1 shots per game which is sixth best. Ottawa is winning 51.9% of its face offs which is 7th in the NHL and the Senators are 23rd on the power play, scoring 17.5% of the time with the man-advantage. Brady Tkachuk is leading Ottawa in goals scored with 13 and Claude Giroux a second with nine. Tim Stutzle is the leader in assists with 20 and in points with 26. Giroux is second in assists with 14 and in points with 23.
Ottawa has a goals against average of 3.22, which is 17th in the NHL. The Senators are allowing an average of 30.1 shots per game which is 16th. Ottawa struggles on the penalty kill, successfully holding opponents scoreless only 72.4% of the time the Senators are short-handed, which is 30th in hockey. Joonas Korpisalo 6-7-0 with a 3.28 goals against average and .900 save percentage and Anton Forsberg is 5-5-0 with a 3.03 goals against average and .885 save percentage.
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