A time to regroup

Posted by Gord Wilson on March 28, 2009

Hi everyone and greetings from Atlanta, where the Senators have travelled to close out their series  against the Thrashers. Senators are 2-1 so far this season against Todd White and the "Thrash."

Senators are coming off a disappointing 2-1 loss to Carolina on Wednesday. I got the impression that the Senators played like they were starting to feel the pressures of trying to make the playoffs ... players  played  too much of an individual  game ... tried to do too much. As a result, the Senators deviated from the  game plan. Coach Cory Clouston hopes that changes tonight and in an effort to make that happen,  Clouston is juggling his lines a bit. Basically, Nick Foligno and Dany Heatley switch  spots. Nick will play with Spezza and Alfredsson, while Heatley will start out with Fisher and Shannon.

Watch for Christoph Schubert to dress as a forward tonight and likely take the place of Shean Donovan on the right side of the fourth line..

The other line has Chris Kelly centring Mike Comrie and Chris Neil.

Brian Lee returns to the lineup tonight. He missed Wedensday's game with an upper body injury.

As for the Thrashers, they're coming off a come-from-behind 6-5 shootout win over the Rangers on Thursday. Todd White sent the game to overtime with his 21st goal of the season late in the third, then  White scored the winner in  the shootout. The Kanata native now has 21 goals and 68 points this season. The point total is a career high.

Johan Hedberg gets the call in goal for the Thrashers tonight. Kari Lehtonen suffered an upper body injury on Thursday and will be out for the next few games.

A  7 o'clock faceoff this evening, heard on the TEAM  1200 and all along the OLG Slots and Casinos radio network with yours truly and Dean Brown. I'm Gord Wilson, enjoy the game.