MONTREAL – Robin Lehner will make his third consecutive start in goal for the Ottawa Senators here Wednesday night as the Senators attempt to chip away at the gap between them and the Eastern Conference leading Montreal Canadiens.
A running joke Tuesday was that Kaspars Daugavins was a leading candidate to become the new Pope.
After all, his name was everywhere you turned on the Internet. Hockey traditionalists were outraged at Daugavins, suggesting the Ottawa Senators left winger broke some type of Cardinal sin within the hockey world for his unique shootout attempt in Monday’s 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.
Welcome to the cyberspace spotlight, Kaspars Daugavins.
For a guy who has scored exactly zero goals in 17 games this season, the Senators fourth line winger was trending all over the hockey world late Monday night and early Tuesday morning for his unique – and ultimately failed – shootout attempt during the Senators’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Boston Bruins.
Milan Michalek’s troublesome knee issues have re-appeared. The concern now is whether Michalek will need surgery to fix the problems permanently. Michalek has had surgery on both of his knees during his career.
Mika Zibanejad is getting comfortable in the Sens’ lineup and more news and notes.
It’s supposed to be a metaphor, that slumping hockey players “grip their sticks tighter.” Zack Smith of the Ottawa Senators can tell you it’s quite real. Mired in a horrific goal-scoring slump dating back to March 8, 2012, the big centre was gripping his stick so tight it hurt the palm of his right hand. [...]
The Senators express their views on NHL realignment.