A pair of teams from the Eastern Conference looking to move up the playoff ladder take the ice in search of a victory on Long Island. The Ottawa Senators are on the road as they make the trip to face the New York Islanders Tuesday night. Ottawa was in action Monday night as they hosted the Flames in the front half of a back-to-back set. The Senators were doubled up 6-3 at home by Edmonton in their previous contest Saturday afternoon. New York fell 4-3 in overtime on the road at Montreal in their previous game Saturday afternoon. In the last 10 meetings, the Islanders own an 8-2 advantage but it was the Senators earning a 2-1 win at home in the most recent meeting on January 25.
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Ottawa was in action at home Monday night as they battled the Flames in the front half of their back-to-back situation that ends here. The Senators entered Monday 24-24-3 on the season and were seventh in the Atlantic Division standings, 32 points behind the Bruins for the division lead. They were 19 points behind the Lightning for the final guaranteed playoff spot and 10 behind the Penguins for the final wild card spot. Ottawa is tied for 21st in offense as they average three goals per game on the season. The Senators are tied for 20th in goals against as they allow an average of 3.24 goals per contest this year. Ottawa is 2nd with the man advantage as they have cashed in 26.9% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Senators are tied for 12th in penalty killing as they successfully navigate 80.6% of their shorthanded situations this season.
Against Edmonton, Ottawa was unable to slow down the Oilers’ attack and that proved to be their undoing in the loss. The opening period saw the Senators outshot by a 14-7 margin and they went to the dressing room down 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. In the second period, Ottawa was outshot 12-11 but they held a 3-2 advantage on the scoreboard to tie the game at three after two periods of play. Jake Sanderson knotted the game at one with his third goal of the season at the 21-second mark off assists from Mathieu Joseph and Brady Tkachuk. The Senators gave up a pair of goals to trail 3-1 before Claude Giroux made it a one-goal game with his 21st goal of the year, on the power play, at 15:35 off assists from Ridly Greig and Shane Pinto. Erik Brannstrom knotted the game at three with his first goal of the year at 17:58 with assists going to Alex DeBrincat and Nick Holden. In the third period, Ottawa was outshot 14-11 and outscored 3-0 to wind up with the loss. Anton Forsberg made 31 saves for the Senators in the loss before getting pulled. Mads Sogaard stopped all three shots he faced in relief for Ottawa, who was outshot 40-29, in the contest.
Forsberg tore the MCL in both knees against Edmonton February 11 and is expected to be done for the year. Kevin Mandolese was called up from the AHL and is expected to make his NHL debut here.
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