Nov 20, 2008 - 6:25 AM
0 shoutsMontreal (10-5-2) at Ottawa (6-9-3), 7:30 p.m. EST
OTTAWA (Ticker) -- The Ottawa Senators' once-potent offense has been pretty dormant.
Ottawa is hoping for a stronger attack as it looks to snap a five-game losing streak when it hosts the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
The Senators led the league with 258 goals last season, one year after finishing second in the league in scoring. Ottawa also had the highest-scoring offense during the 2003-04 and 2005-06 campaigns as well.
This season, the Senators rank 29th in scoring, averaging 2.33 goals per game.
Ottawa has tallied five times during its recent skid, which includes Monday's 2-1 shootout loss to the New York Rangers. It was the first loss beyond regulation during the slide for the Senators, who misfired on all three shootout attempts.
Montreal has also struggled of late, going 2-4-1 in its last seven. The Canadiens have tallied five goals over their last four games.
Robert Lang scored the lone goal in Montreal's 2-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. His tally 67 seconds into the second period snapped an 0-for-25 stretch on the power play for the Canadiens.
Montreal blanked Ottawa, 4-0, in the first meeting between the teams on November 11.
From the Bleachers
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MONTREAL: 3
OTTAWA: 2
Final - 2OT
Nov 20 10:16 PM -
NHL
FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
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MONTREAL 1 0 1 0 (2) 3
OTTAWA 1 0 1 0 (1) 2 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: OTT - DANY HEATLEY 11 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, ALEXANDRE PICARD)
4:21
MON -
Nov 20 10:16 PM -
MONTREAL: 2
OTTAWA: 2
End of OT
Nov 20 10:06 PM -
MONTREAL: 2
OTTAWA: 2
End of Regulation
Nov 20 9:57 PM -
NHL
MONTREAL 2
OTTAWA 2
3RD PRD: MON - ANDREI MARKOV 2 (ROBERT LANG, SERGEI KOSTITSYN) 15:36
Nov 20 9:49 PM -
NHL
MONTREAL 1
OTTAWA 2
3RD PRD: OTT - (PP) NICK FOLIGNO 3 (ALEXANDRE PICARD, CHRIS PHILLIPS)
4:58
Nov 20 9:28 PM -
MONTREAL: 1
OTTAWA: 1
End of 2nd
Nov 20 9:03 PM -
MONTREAL: 1
OTTAWA: 1
End of 1st
Nov 20 8:13 PM -
NHL
MONTREAL 1
OTTAWA 1
1ST PRD: MON - (PP) SAKU KOIVU 7 (ALEXEI KOVALEV, SERGEI KOSTITSYN)
13:33
Nov 20 8:01 PM -
NHL
MONTREAL 0
OTTAWA 1
1ST PRD: OTT - DANY HEATLEY 11 (ALEXANDRE PICARD, JASON SPEZZA) 4:21
Nov 20 7:45 PM
