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A pair of Atlantic division and Eastern Conference rivals face off Wednesday when the Ottawa Senators (12-17-0, 24 points, 8th Atlantic) visit the Toronto Maple Leafs (17-8-6, 40 points, 2nd Atlantic). Ottawa defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 last Saturday prior to the holiday break, which snapped a six-game losing streak for the Senators. Toronto defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets last Saturday 4-1 and snapped a two-game losing streak in the process. Ottawa will play without D Thomas Chabot, C Rourke Chartier, RW Mathieu Joseph and C Shane Pinto. Toronto will play without D Mark Giordano, D John Klingberg, G Matt Murray, D Jake Muzzin, RE Ryan Reaves and C Joseph Woll.
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The Ottawa Senators are averaging 3.41 goals per game which is 8th best in the NHL while averaging the 8th most shots per game at 32.5. Ottawa is winning 50.6% of its face-offs, which is 14th. The Senators power play scores 17.6% of the time which is only 23rd in the NHL. Brady Tkachuk is the leading goal scorer for Ottawa with 15 and Josh Norris is second with 12. Tim Stutzle is the leader in assists with 25 and the leader in points with 32, while Claude Giroux and Jakob Chychrun are second in assists with 18 each.
Ottawa has a very poor 3.55 goals against average which is 28th. The Senators are allowing an average of 30.7 shots per game which is 16th. Ottawa's penalty kill unit is next to last or 31st, holding opponents scoreless only 71.3% of the time the Senators are short-handed. Joonas Karpisalo is 6-11-0 with a 3.62 goals against average .891 save percentage while Anton Forsberg is 6-6-0 with a 3.29 GAA and .877 SV%.