The Ottawa Senators face the Minnesota Wild after a loss to the Jets. The Senators will be without their star goaltender Linus Ullmark due to injury, relying on Mads Sogaard and Leevi Merilainen.
The Senators may be down Linus Ullmark , but they're still a solid defensive team and can shut down a Wild offense that's struggling at the moment. Meanwhile, Minnesota has their No. 1 goalie in Filip Gustavsson that can limit a potent Ottawa attack. The Ottawa Senators will be playing the second leg of a back-to-back tonight as they take on the Minnesota Wild . The Senators played a hard-fought game last night in Winnipeg but came up short against the Jets in a 4-2 loss.
The Wild have had a day off since their last game, which was a 3-2 overtime win against the Dallas Stars. The Wild have been one of the hottest teams in the NHL during the month of December as they have skated to a record of 8-3-1. One of the biggest, if not the biggest, reasons for the team's success has been the play of goaltender Linus Ullmark, who is now unfortunately out day-to-day due to injury. Ullmark boasts a record of 7-0-1 this month with a .956 save percentage and a 1.30 goals against average. Without Ullmark, the Senators will now have to lean on Mads Sogaard and Leevi Merilainen. Sogaard got the nod last night in Winnipeg and gave up four goals on the 23 shots he faced. That was the only game that Sogaard had started this season, but tonight, it’s more than likely that Merilainen will be in the blue paint. Merilainen is a 22-year-old that has only played four NHL games, two in 2022-23 and two this season. He is 1-1-0 this season with a .846 SV% and a 3.72 GAA. All of that said, the team does a good job defending in front of their netminders, only allowing 9.97 high-danger chances against at 5-on-5, which is the 12th-best mark in the NHL. The Senators have a ton of offensive weapons, but over the last seven games, the team has only scored more than three goals just once. Tonight, they have a tough challenge against Filip Gustavsson and the Since Gustavsson returned from injury, he has started two games and won both of them, authoring a combined .917 SV% and a 2.49 GA
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