Senators prediction panel: Game 39

The Ottawa Senators face a quick turnaround in Buffalo with a game against the Sabres. Which team will come out on top? Our prediction panel weighs in.

Tomas Vokoun #92 of the Pittsburgh Penguins kicks his pads into the air to stop the puck while on his back against Colin Greening #14 of the Ottawa Senators and Douglas Murray #3 and Brooks Orpik #44 of the Pittsburgh Penguins guard against Milan Michalek #9 of the Ottawa Senators, in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, at Scotiabank Place, on May 22, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)

The Ottawa Senators face a quick turnaround in Buffalo with a game against the Sabres. Which team will come out on top? Our prediction panel weighs in.

Ottawa Senators (18-15-5) at Buffalo Sabres (17-17-3)

James Gordon, SenatorsExtra.com editor/Citizen hockey writer

Senators 4, Sabres 3
The Senators are in tough here, playing a divisional game on the tail end of a back-to-back. Fortunately, they’re coming off an impressive comeback that featured production from several lines and strong play from Craig Anderson in relief.
Record: 22-16
Exact scored predicted: 0

Wayne Scanlan, Citizen columnist

Senators 0, Sabres 0
No pick submitted.
Record: 25-13
Exact scores predicted: 1

Ian Mendes, Sportnet.ca Senators reporter and blogger

Senators 2, Sabres 3
I can’t get a read on this Sens team…so I’ll take Buffalo.
Record: 22-16
Exact scores predicted: 1

Graeme Nichols, writer/editor, The Sixth Sens blog and podcast

Senators 1, Sabres 3
If only predicting the score was as easy as predicting a Ryan Miller complaint following a collision in the crease.
Record: 27-11
Exact scores predicted: 2

Steve Lloyd, host, Healthy Scratches on Team 1200

Senators 5, Sabres 3
Buffalo loses another player in Ehrhoff last night, and they have just 2 wins in last 9 and just 7 in last 22.
Record: 21-17
Exact scores predicted: 0

Peter Raaymakers, writer/editor, Silver Seven Sens blog

Senators 0, Sabres 0
No pick submitted.
Record: 25-13
Exact scores predicted: 2

Russell, host, SensUnderground podcast

Senators 5, Sabres 2
The Sens must be flying high after that great come back win and Alfie’s 400th. Could there be a let down in a back to back game? Naaaaahhhhh. The Sens usually do well against the Slugs and they are ice cold right now.
Record: 26-12
Exact scores predicted: 1

Jeremy Milks, writer/editor, Black Aces blog

Senators 4, Sabres 3
Erik Condra and Kyle Turris had a pretty good night together the last time Ottawa faced Buffalo and now with 400-goal man Alfie on their line, Turris is well overdue to get his first as a Sen.
Record: 21-16
Exact scores predicted: 0

About James Gordon

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Citizen sports editor James Gordon watched the original NHL Jets play their last game on his 15th birthday and returned 15 years later to chronicle one of the reincarnated franchise’s games against the Ottawa Senators. Prior to joining the Citizen’s sports section as a hockey writer and online editor during Senators’ 2007 Stanley Cup final run, he spent several years on Parliament Hill covering national security, terrorism and access to information issues. The Carleton University grad’s journalism career began with a summer job as a business reporter with Dow Jones Newswires in Toronto, but he soon returned to Ottawa to join the Citizen. James was appointed sports editor in March 2012. View all posts by James Gordon →