Ottawa Senators (4-3-0, 8 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (4-4-0, 8 pts)
Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Sunday, October 27
Time: 9:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm MT
TV: ESPN + / Sportsnet / TSN5 / ALT
Radio:
Ottawa – TSN 1200 Ottawa
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Ottawa +1.5 ML +145
Colorado -1.5 ML -170
O/U 6.5
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Ottawa Senators Notes:
Ottawa was 3-0-0 when scoring first, but couldn’t hold the lead against the high-scoring Vegas Golden Knights in a 6-4 loss. Linus Ullmark had been good against Vegas in his career allowing only three goals in two games against the Golden Knights. Ullmark’s five goals allowed were the most he’s given up since the Islanders scored five against him last year on March 2.
Colorado Avalanche Notes:
Colorado has won 4 games in a row after losing 4 straight to start the season. The Avalanche have outscored opponents 16-7 during that span. Colorado’s early season struggles on the power play appear to be gone as the Avalanche have power-play goals in 5 consecutive games.
Ottawa Senators Projected Lineup (subject to change):
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Amadio
Giroux-Norris-Batherson
Gregor-Greig-Cousins
Reinhardt-Gaudette-MacEwen
Sanderson-Hamonic
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Bernard-Docker
Ullmark
Forsberg
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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lineup (subject to change):
Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Kovalenko-Mittelstadt-O’Connor
Kylington-Kelly-Kiviranta
Steinberg-Ivan-Wagner
Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
De Haan-Malinski
Annunen
Georgiev
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Players To Watch:
Ottawa Senators – Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson, and Brady Tkachuk lead the Senators in points with 9, 9, and 8 respectively. Senators fans should be extremely optimistic about the potential of this young core. Stutzle is only 22, Tkachuk is 25, and Batherson is the old man of the group at 26 and hasn’t even hit his prime yet.
Colorado Avalanche – Cale Makar has staked his claim to being the best defenseman in the NHL. Makar is tied for 2nd in the league in scoring and is tops amongst defensemen with 15 points (3g, 12a) this season.
Injury Report:
Ottawa Senators –
C Shane Pinto – Game Time Decision
D Artem Zub – OUT
LW David Perron – OUT
Colorado Avalanche –
LW Miles Wood – Game-Time Decision
LW Jonathan Drouin – OUT – Est. return October 28
RW Valeri Nichushkin – IR (Non-Roster) – Est. return November 15
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
Next game
Ottawa Senators – October 29 vs. St. Louis
Colorado Avalanche – October 28 vs. Chicago
