The Ottawa Senators regular season concludes this evening at home with a tired Carolina Hurricanes amidst their load management schedule.
Both teams made the playoffs and know their opponents, so there is no real consequence to this contest other than potential in season milestones and draft order, or Ottawa forfeits this year’s pick. Thanks Dorion.
Carolina and Ottawa last played in December. Since then, Mikko Rantanen was a Hurricane; Taylor Hall is a Hurricane from the same Rantanen deal; and Logan Stankoven has been acquired in a different Rantanen move. Mark Jankowski and Alexander Nishkin have also joined since.
Carolina Hurricanes Seth Jarvis -- Sebastian Aho -- Jackson Blake Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Taylor Hall Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Logan Stankoven Mark Jankowski -- Jack Roslovic -- Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Frederik Andersen Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Tyson Jost, Bradley Nadeau, Scott Morrow, Riley Stillman, Domenick Fensore, Skyler Brind’Amour, William Carrier
Injured: None
Ottawa Senators Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio Nick Cousins -- Adam Gaudette -- Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson -- Nick Jensen Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic, Matthew Highmore
Injured: Hayden Hodgson (lower body)
Players to Watch
Carolina — Seth Jarvis — fantasy pick reasons
Ottawa — Brady Tkachuk — hopefully the rust comes off tonight before he punches some Leafs.
Predicted Final Score
OTT — 3
CAR — 1