Game day: Senators at Jets

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This article was published 01/04/2017 (3138 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

ABOUT THE SENS

— Ottawa was without superstar D Erik Karlsson and LW Alex Burrows (upper body) during a 5-1 loss to the Wild in Minnesota on Thursday night. Karlsson was injured blocking a shot against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, ending his ironman streak of 324 consecutive games played. C Zack Smith (upper-body injury) left Thursday’s game and did not return.

“It’s a difficult loss that they really took to us,” Sens defenceman Dion Phaneuf told reporters Thursday. “The score reflects the whole game. If you look at how we got beat, they had more than us. They did the little things right and we’ve got to regroup quick because we’ve got a big one Saturday.”

 

— G Craig Anderson, the club’s nominee for the Masterton Memorial Trophy, is 1-3-2 in his last six starts. The Sens, losers of three straight, closed out March with an 8-4-3 record.

— The Sens are second in the Atlantic Division with a 41-26-9 record entering today’s action, trailing the first-place Montreal Canadiens by six points. Third-place Toronto is two points back of Ottawa. The Sens and Leafs both have six regular-season games remaining.

 

OTTAWA SENATORS

1 Mike Condon G

30 Andrew Hammond G

41 Craig Anderson G

 

2 Dion Phaneuf (A) D

3 Marc Methot D

5 Cody Ceci D

6 Chris Wideman D

7 Kyle Turris (A) C

9 Bobby Ryan RW

10 Tom Pyatt LW

14 Alexandre Burrows LW

15 Zack Smith C

16 Clarke MacArthur LW

18 Ryan Dzingel LW

19 Derick Brassard C

22 Chris Kelly C

23 Jyrki Jokipakka D

24 Viktor Stalberg LW

25 Chris Neil (A) RW

33 Fredrik Claesson D

44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C

49 Christopher DiDomenico C

57 Tommy Wingels C

61 Mark Stone RW

65 Erik Karlsson (C) D

68 Mike Hoffman LW

74 Mark Borowiecki D

Head coach: Guy Boucher

Associate coach: Marc Crawford

Assistant coaches: Rob Cookson, Martin Raymond

Goaltending coach: Pierre Groulx

Video coach: Kristopher Young

 

WINNIPEG JETS

34 Michael Hutchinson G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

 

5 Mark Stuart D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp C

13 Brandon Tanev LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

19 Nic Petan LW

22 Chris Thorburn RW

26 Blake Wheeler (C) RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien (A) D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele (A) C

56 Marko Dano C

62 Nelson Nogier D

71 Julian Melchiori D

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

Video coach: Matt Prefontaine

(Lineups subject to change)