Injuries -
NYI - Healthy
Ott. - Hull, Ray, Spezza, Volchenkov & Pothier all healthy scratches
Records -
Ott. at home is 28-9-3-1, on the road 24-12-5-0
NYI on the road 17-16-6-2, at home 18-18-5-0
Series over the last 2 years(reason I only tracked for 2 years is that NYI has had Peca and Yashin since then)
Ott. is 5-1-2 over the last 2 years against the Isles and have not lost in NY since '96.
Over the last 30 games Sens are 22-1-7, can't read into this stat much as both teams have had huge roster changes over that time period.
Sens lines are as follows:
Arvedson-White- Alfredsson
Varada-Bonk-Hossa
Fisher-Smolinski-Havlat
Schaefer-Van Allen-Neil
Defensive pairings:
Redden-Rachunek
Chara-Phillips
Hindy-Leschychyn
Coaching and Goaltending edge goes to the Sens. Snow has not started a playoff game since '97. Laviolette is only in his second year as coach so it would be hard to give a coach with minimal exp. the edge let alone a team that finished 32 points behind Ott.
Defence: NYI has a solid top 4 defenseman in Aucoin, Niinimaa,Hamrlik and Jonsson but have a very weak last 2 D with Cairns and Timander. Sens 3rd line will exploit this weakness as you can only match up against the top 2 lines with these kind of pairings. Edge goes to the Sens.
Forwards: Yashin-Asham-Kvasha will bet tightly checked by the Bonk line and with Jacques having last change expect the Sens to exploit this big time. Outside of that, you got Peca,Webb, Wiemer,Blake and Scatchard. NYI has 5 other journeyman forwards who would never make the Sens roster. Edge to the Sens.
You can all call me a homer but these are the facts, plain and simple. GM Muckler has brough a great confidence to the team by acquiring useful players at the deadline. For the first time I see a confident swagger in the players and see that they have the skill, grit and heart. If they have not learned from past playoff failure then they will blow this team up if they get beat in the first round. The Sens will come out so hard tonight and I see a 2 or 3 goal win. Sens PP ranked 2nd to NYI PP at 17th will play a huge role in the series. Sens PK is 10th and NYI 14th so not much to choose from in that dept.
Sens win the series in 5 games.(1 Unit)
Playing:
Ott. -1.5(-110)2 Units
GLTA!
HORNS
NYI - Healthy
Ott. - Hull, Ray, Spezza, Volchenkov & Pothier all healthy scratches
Records -
Ott. at home is 28-9-3-1, on the road 24-12-5-0
NYI on the road 17-16-6-2, at home 18-18-5-0
Series over the last 2 years(reason I only tracked for 2 years is that NYI has had Peca and Yashin since then)
Ott. is 5-1-2 over the last 2 years against the Isles and have not lost in NY since '96.
Over the last 30 games Sens are 22-1-7, can't read into this stat much as both teams have had huge roster changes over that time period.
Sens lines are as follows:
Arvedson-White- Alfredsson
Varada-Bonk-Hossa
Fisher-Smolinski-Havlat
Schaefer-Van Allen-Neil
Defensive pairings:
Redden-Rachunek
Chara-Phillips
Hindy-Leschychyn
Coaching and Goaltending edge goes to the Sens. Snow has not started a playoff game since '97. Laviolette is only in his second year as coach so it would be hard to give a coach with minimal exp. the edge let alone a team that finished 32 points behind Ott.
Defence: NYI has a solid top 4 defenseman in Aucoin, Niinimaa,Hamrlik and Jonsson but have a very weak last 2 D with Cairns and Timander. Sens 3rd line will exploit this weakness as you can only match up against the top 2 lines with these kind of pairings. Edge goes to the Sens.
Forwards: Yashin-Asham-Kvasha will bet tightly checked by the Bonk line and with Jacques having last change expect the Sens to exploit this big time. Outside of that, you got Peca,Webb, Wiemer,Blake and Scatchard. NYI has 5 other journeyman forwards who would never make the Sens roster. Edge to the Sens.
You can all call me a homer but these are the facts, plain and simple. GM Muckler has brough a great confidence to the team by acquiring useful players at the deadline. For the first time I see a confident swagger in the players and see that they have the skill, grit and heart. If they have not learned from past playoff failure then they will blow this team up if they get beat in the first round. The Sens will come out so hard tonight and I see a 2 or 3 goal win. Sens PP ranked 2nd to NYI PP at 17th will play a huge role in the series. Sens PK is 10th and NYI 14th so not much to choose from in that dept.
Sens win the series in 5 games.(1 Unit)
Playing:
Ott. -1.5(-110)2 Units
GLTA!
HORNS
