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NHL Gameday Preview: Ottawa Senators @ New Jersey Devils - Game 16

February 18, 2013, 11:13 AM ET [52 Comments]
Todd Cordell
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Match-up - Ottawa Senators (7-6-2) @ New Jersey Devils (9-3-3)
Road/Home records - 2-5-0 -------------- 6-1-1
TV - MSG Plus, SNET-E
Puck drop - 1:00 PM ET
Season series - Tied 0-0
Last 10: Senators 4-5-1 / Devils 6-3-1
Projected starting goalies - Ben Bishop (OTT) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)

Battle of the stats

Goals for/against per game

Ottawa - 2.33 / 1.93
New Jersey - 2.73 / 2.33

Power play/Penalty Kill percentage

Ottawa - 16.4% / 89.7%
New Jersey - 20.6% / 80%

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Senators:

Colin Greening - Stephane Da Costa - Daniel Alfredsson
Erik Condra - Kyle Turris - Jakob Silfverberg
Kaspars Daugavins - Zack Smith - Chris Nei
David Dziurzynski - Derek Grant - Jim O'Brien

Mike Lundin - Sergei Gonchar
Patrick Wiercioch - Chris Phillips
Marc Methot - Eric Gryba

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:

Alexei Ponikarovsky - Travis Zajac - Ilya Kovalchuk
Patrik Elias - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier
Krys Barch - Andrei Loktionov - Bobby Butler

Bryce Salvador - Henrik Tallinder
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
Marek Zidlicky - Anton Volchenkov

Notes: Martin Brodeur will start...Jacob Josefson has been assigned to Albany...Andrei Loktionov has been recalled and will take his spot...Mark Fayne will sit again in place of Henrik Tallinder...Peter Harrold and Stefan Matteau are the other healthy scratches...New Jersey is 9-1 in their last 10 meetings against Ottawa at the Prudential Center.

Senators to watch out for:

Jakov Silfverberg - Many appointed Silfverberg as one of the favorites to have a big breakout year this season and he just hasn't done that. Silfverberg has three points in 15 games.

Colin Greening - After sitting out the last game, Greening is back in the lineup and will be given a good opportunity to produce in the top-6. Greening has just four points in 14 games this season.

Ben Bishop - With the Senators missing the likes of Jason Spezza and Erik Karlsson, among others, due to injury and Craig Anderson getting a day off, it's that much more important for Bishop to play well today.

Devils to watch out for:

Ilya Kovalchuk - Kovalchuk is on a six-game point-streak and has 10 points (3G, 7A) in that span.

Andrei Loktionov - He's making his Devils debut today and I'm sure he'll be looking to make a good impression. He'll need to play well if he wants to stay in New Jersey.

Patrik Elias - Elias is on a four-game point-streak and has six points (1G, 5A) in that span. Elias is 3rd in the NHL with 15 assists.

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