a ray of sunshine?

Posted by Gord Wilson on December 5, 2007

Hey  everyone, short blog today because of the quick turnaround in games. Obviously, the Senators would have liked a better result than the one they got in Tampa last night, but there were some positives to come out of the game. The third-period comeback was impressive, as was the play of Ray Emery. He stopped 25 shots and gave his team a chance to win. He also showed us an edge that we  haven't seen this year. That said, for the first time this year, Ray gets to make back-to-back starts.  He'll go again tonight and he's already beaten the Panthers once this season. In fact, Ray is 5-1 lifetime against Florida.

Same line combinations, and defence pairings as last night, at least to start the game.

And the start will be the key. Senators are 14-1-1 when scoring first this year. They're 2-6-2 when they don't.

Panthers won't be in a good mood today, either. They've lost their last two, both on home ice, and Jacques Martin worked them very hard at practice on Monday. Tomas Vokoun starts in goal for them.

And  finally, is it me, or have you wondered why the Senators haven't tried something different in their  shootouts.  They're 1-3 this year and have lost their last three.  Next time, do the rally cap thing, helmets on backwards ... do something, please.

7:30 start tonight on A-Channel with me and Dean. Schreibs and Shaun Van Allen have the call on the  Team radio network.

enjoy everyone,

cheers, gord