Given the choice of first round playoff opponent earlier this season, most teams probably would have settled on “whoever is leading the Southeast Division.”
For a couple of laps around the ice during the warmup to the morning skate, Adam Oates had Alex Ovechkin’s ear. Talking strategy? Positional play? The art of backchecking?
If the social media reports were accurate, Jason Spezza was in or around Toronto Tuesday night, in the process of having his “upper body” injury evaluated. He missed quite the comeback, as his Ottawa Senators roared back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Washington Capitals 3-2.
The Ottawa Senators take on the Washington Capitals at Scotiabank Place. Which team will come out on top? Our prediction panel weighs in.
The Ottawa Senators continued to roll on Wednesday night with a 5-2 victory over the sputtering Washington Capitals.
Old-timer hockey players know this warmup routine. The long, languid strides, slowly weaving back and forth to loosen up ancient, creaking body parts. Skating at a fraction of one’s former speed. Cutting the warmup short to save a little something for the game. Sadly, this is not an old-timer on the ice at Scotiabank Place on game day morning, it is Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, a 26-year-old superstar who should be at the peak of his powers.
Hear what the Senators had to say ahead of their Wednesday night game against the Washington Capitals at Scotiabank Place.