Prelude - Ever been playing with a child who bumps their head and it starts to bleed? At first, you think it is no big deal, just a little blood, then, wham, it just doesn't stop bleeding! Well, at this point, the current play of the Ottawa Senators is pretty much like a head wound. It begs the question: When will this bleeding stop? But what is the band aid: goaltending or scoring? A sure fire conversation starter follows:
Sport - Hockey
Event - Saturday night hockey: Ottawa vs Phoenix, Montreal vs Los Angeles
Point to say - "How can the Sens stop the bleeding?"
Follow up point - "They better do something before Montreal gets too far ahead."
Get out of the conversation - "Tired of winter yet?"
Backgrounder
Both Montreal and Ottawa are playing teams on the West Coast this week. So far, Montreal has a win and a loss, while Ottawa is no wins and three losses.
Montreal is scoring around 4 to 5 goals a game right now. Further, Carey Price is doing what Montreal hoped he would: providing good goaltending. Montreal is now 8 wins and three losses in their last 11 games.
Ottawa has only had one win in their last seven games. For a team that went to the Stanley Cup finals last year, had an incredible start this year, had an MVP candidate on its team by the half-way point of the season, the wheels have come off this bus. In the last 10 games, Ottawa has only one game where they scored over three goals. Meaning, the scoring only 1 or 2 goals a game.
Montreal Canadiens have a two-point lead in the division over the Ottawa Senators.
Links
Montreal's schedule and record.
Ottawa's schedule and record.
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