Sam Gagner's played more than 1,000 NHL games for the Oilers, Red Wings, Canucks and other teams. He's in action with the Ottawa Senators' AHL affiliate on a professional tryout.
Just as the Ottawa Senators entered the Eastern Conference playoff race, struggles in a key portion of the game cropped up. Now sitting one point out of the Eas
Brad Marchand went a little too far in trying to get an opponent hot under the collar. The well-know Bruins agitator put his hand around the neck of Senators forward Nick Cousins in the first period of Boston’s 2-0 win Thursday night.
Ottawa Senators Postgame: Sens Shut Out By Bruins
Korpisalo makes 29 saves against former team in Bruins’ 2-0 victory over Senators
Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves against his former team, David Pastrnak set up Morgan Geekie’s goal and added an empty-netter and the Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Thursday night.
TAKEAWAYS: Ottawa Senators blanked by Joonas Korpisalo and Bruins in Boston
With Bruins starter Jeremy Swayman sidelined (minor upper body-injury), Korpisalo, who had a 3.27 goals-against average and .890 save-percentage with the Senators a year ago, got the start. This season, Korpisalo had a 2.88 goals-against average and .891 save-percentage going into Thursday’s game. His GAA dropped to 2.70 after the shutout.
The Senators second line centre will miss at least the next three games with what the club describes as an upper-body injury.
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Claude Giroux is a very popular name in Ottawa, but unfortunately, it has now been revealed that he's had his car stolen, for the second time this season.
Marchand's other infamous on-ice stunts over his career include clothesline hits, breaking his opponents' sticks, and even licking them in the face. Entering his second season as Boston's captain, the 36-year-old has toned it down a bit as of late—but his old self seems to have gotten the best of him this time.
The Ottawa Senators were unable to find the back of the net as they fell to the Boston Bruins by a score of 2-0.
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Ottawa Senators for a matchup within the Atlantic Division Saturday. Ottawa is 24-20-4 overall with a 6-4-1 record against the Atlantic Division. The Senators rank seventh in the league with 191 total penalties (averaging 4.0 per game).
Longtime NHL forward Sam Gagner has agreed to a professional tryout offer with the AHL’s Belleville Senators, the top minor-league affiliate of the Ottawa Senators, reports the Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch.
You can debate which of the Senators’ needs — a scoring forward, another defenceman, possibly some goaltending help — is more pressing but the recent skid, about two months before the trade deadline, has amplified the need for general manager Steve Staios to make a move.
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