The Sens and Habs will meet again tonight, for the second of their six meetings of the regular season.
This time Ottawa has home ice advantage, and the advantage of momentum, if a one-game winning streak can be considered momentous...actually, for Sens fans, a one-game win streak is as good as it gets, so far.
Ottawa comes into this game sporting a woe-full 2-4-1 record but riding the crest of their best team performance to date and hopefully some renewed enthusiasm thanks to Alfredsson's 1000th point.
Montreal, on the other hand, will hit Scotia Bank ice after having lost a shutout match to the stingy, but struggling, NJ Devils.
Montreal out shot their opponent 29-20 but still lost 3-0 thanks to another questionable performance by Habs starter Carey Price (vs. NJ - 0.850 SV%) and the struggling defensive pairing of Georges and Gill (game worst minus-3 & minus-3 respectively).
Ottawa too has had its share of goaltending woes and will start embattled stopper Brian Elliott, who although having earned the only two Sens wins of the season, has also allowed far too many weak and untimely goals to be considered a relia ...
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