Something smelled awful in the Big Apple Tuesday night, according to New York Rangers coach John Tortorella. It was the NHL game being played.
Erik Karlsson was sporting crutches as he paid a visit to Scotiabank Place on Friday, but for an instant, he pretended that everything was the same as it has always been.
At the end of a rare hour-long Ottawa Senators practice on Monday, Mika Zibanejad stayed on the ice for some extra work. Zibanejed spent time deflecting pucks from assistant coach Jason Smith. After Smith left, Zibanejad took shots on his own.
For once this season, the Ottawa Senators received a taste of their own medicine.
In Thursday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, it was the guy in the other net who stole a victory.
Daniel Alfredsson will be aiming to lead the Ottawa Senators to a victory over the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday. When the game is done, though, he will be anxious to see how his good friend Wade Redden made out in his 1,000th career NHL game.
Of course, it wasn’t going to be easy. While the Ottawa Senators kicked off their four-game homestand by knocking off the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday, they needed to dive in front of pucks in the final seconds – and they received a lucky bounce or two — to preserve a victory which seemed to be well in hand when they led 4-1 in the second period.
Step right up, Kyle Turris, you’ve suddenly become the centre of attention for the Ottawa Senators.
You, too, Peter Regin. If ever there was an opportunity to re-establish yourself as a front-line NHL player, this is it.