The Ottawa Senators return home once again to collide with the New York Islanders for their first meeting of three this season. Puck drop is from the Canadian Tire Centre at 7pm from TSN5, RDSI, MSGSN2.
Ottawa continues their woeful struggles on the road, which Green says the effort "isn't good enough."
At home, they have been cooking with a 5-1-0 record. Their only loss was against New Jersey.
The Senators are getting some good news as defenseman Artem Zub is returning to the lineup for the first time since Oct. 14 (9 games missed).
The Islanders come in tonight full of injuries as they are without the services of former Senators' Anthony Duclair and Mike Reilly; and top stars Matt Barzal, Adam Pelech; and youngster Alex Romanov.
Anton Forsberg could be earning his third shutout of the year as he is getting the start against Semyon Varlamov for Isles.
Projected Lineups
New York Isladners
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau Maxim Tsyplakov -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri Pierre Engvall -- Casey Cizikas -- Simon Holmstrom Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Scott Mayfield -- Ryan Pulock Isaiah George -- Noah Dobson Dennis Cholowski -- Grant Hutton
Semyon Varlamov Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: none
Injured: Anthony Duclair, Matt Barzal, Adam Pelech, Alex Romanov
Ottawa Senators
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Ridly Greig
Claude Giroux -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Noah Gregor -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Michael Amadio
Nick Cousins -- Adam Gaudette -- Zack MacEwen
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven -- Travis Hamonic
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: David Perron, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Shane Pinto (undisclosed)
Players to Watch
NY Isles — Brock Nelson— the veteran forward has been whispered in the rumor mill for divisional rival Toronto. Nelson is behind Palmieri in goals on the offensively lacking Islanders at 5.
Ottawa — Noah Gregor -- both his Ottawa goals are game winners. Is a third on the way?
Predicted Final Score
OTT - 2
NYY - 0
More to come…