Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Washington Capitals (20-14-5, 45 points) and Ottawa Senators (16-18-7, 39 points) faceoff live from the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa for the second of three meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Washington fans can hear all of the action on WFED 1500 while Ottawa fans can do the same on TSN 1200.
Washington enters play coming off of a loss while Ottawa comes into the contest off of a win. The first time these two teams went head-to-head, the Senators beat the Capitals 6-4 in Washington, D.C. on Nov.27.
Coming off of a 2-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday, the Capitals will once again turn to goaltender Philipp Grubauer between the pipes as Braden Holtby continues to try and turn it around.
"[Holtby] is the man," coach Adam Oates told CSN Washington about his No. 1 goalie. "He's been our man. [Grubauer] is playing good right now. That allows [Holtby] to work on his game."
Grubauer is 5-1-2 with a 2.02 goals-against average and a .937 save percentage. Ottawa will counter with Craig Anderson, who is 11-9-4 with a 3.26 GAA and a .901 save percentage this season.
Ottawa is coming off of a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night and will once again be without captain Jason Spezza due to a lower-body injury. Head coach Paul MacLean said the team didn't call up anyone to fill the void.
"We might just stay the way we are until we need somebody," MacLean said Sunday via NHL.com. "We didn't mind the way the team played last night, but I haven't talked to Bryan [Murray, general manager] yet today either to see who's playing well down there and might deserve an opportunity."
Spezza is tied for third on the team with 30 points off of 11 goals and 19 assists while Bobby Ryan is second with 35 points off of 18 tallies and 17 helpers and Erik Karlsson paces the team with 37 points off of 10 markers and 27 assists.
Nicklas Backstrom leads the Capitals with 44 points off of 10 goals and 34 assists while Alex Ovechkin leads the NHL with 30 goals and has added 11 assists for 41 points and Mikhail Grabovski has lit the lamp 11 times and added 19 helpers for 30 points.
The Capitals will look to bounce back from a loss while the Senators hope to win their second in a row and second against Washington this season when the puck is dropped at the Canadian Tire Center tonight in Ottawa.
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