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A preview of the Senators.
When and where: 7 p.m., EST; Consol Energy Center.
TV: Root Sports, Sportsnet East, TVA.
Record: 10-9-2, 22 points. The Senators are in 11th place of the Eastern Conference and fifth place in the Northeast Division.
Leading Scorer: Jason Spezza, 20 points (6 goals, 14 assists).
Last Game: 2-1 overtime road loss to the Canucks, Sunday. Alex Auld made 25 saves in the victory.
Last Game against the Penguins: 5-1 home loss, March 15. Tyler Kennedy and Jordan Staal each had a goal and an assist for the Penguins.
Senators Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Daniel Alfredsson. Simply because we need an excuse to post this photo to the right.
Ex-Penguins on the Senators: Sergei Gonchar, D.
Ex-Senators on the Penguins: Ray Shero, general manager.
Useless Senators Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: The Senators' leading scorer in their inaguaral season of 1992-93 was former Penguin Norm MacIver with 63 points.
Best Senators Video We Could Find: The opening ceremony from the Senators' first game in franchise history was... um... interesting:
Probable goaltenders: Marc-Andre Fleury (11-3-2, 1.96 GAA, .930 SV%) for the Penguins and Craig Anderson (9-6-1, 3.25 GAA, .895 SV%) for the Senators.
Injuries: For the Penguins, defensemen Ben Lovejoy (left wrist), Brian Strait (elbow) and center Dustin Jeffrey (knee) are on injured reserve. For the Senators, defenseman Matt Carkner (knee), right winger Chris Neil (ankle) and center Peter Regin (shoulder) are on injured reserve.
Potential lines and defensive pairings: The Penguins' primary lines and defensive pairings against the Blues Wednesday were:
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
Steve Sullivan - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy
Arron Asham - Richard Park - Craig Adams
Kris Letang - Brooks Orpik
Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek
Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland
-The Senators primary lines and defensive pairings against the Canucks Sunday were:
Colin Greening - Jason Spezza - Milan Michalek
Nick Foligno - Stephane Da Costa - Daniel Alfredsson
Kaspars Daugavins - Zack Smith - Erik Condra
Zenon Konopka- Jesse Winchester - Bobby Butler
Erik Karlsson - Filip Kuba
Sergei Gonchar - Chris Phillips
Brian Lee - Jared Cowen
Notes:
-Pascal Dupuis is on pace for 63 points.
-Martin has appeared in 499 career games.
-Brent Johnson has appeared in 299 career games.
-Orpik has 97 career points.
-Park has 97 career goals.
-Letang has 146 career points.
-Asham has 195 career points.
-Senators rookie center Stephane Da Costa will have a tough time trying to match up against Crosby, Malkin or Staal.
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