The Ottawa Senators (11-16) will try to halt a five-game losing streak when they square off against the Colorado Avalanche (19-11-2) on the road on Thursday, December 21 at 9:00 PM ET on ALT and ESPN+.
Avalanche vs. Senators Game Info
- Game Day: Thursday, December 21, 2023
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV: Altitude Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Avalanche and Senators Stats, Key Players, and Injuries
Avalanche Insights
- The Avalanche’s 114 total goals (3.6 per game) rank second in the league.
- Defensively, the Avalanche are conceding 98 total goals (3.1 per game) to rank 16th in league action.
- Their goal differential (+16) makes them seventh-best in the league.
- The 26 power-play goals the Avalanche have scored this season (on 120 power-play chances) are the eighth-most in the NHL.
- The Avalanche have the league’s 15th-ranked power-play conversion rate (21.67%).
- The Avalanche have scored five shorthanded goals this season.
- The Avalanche’s 83.78% penalty-kill success rate is sixth-best in the league.
- The Avalanche have the 23rd-ranked faceoff win rate in the NHL, at 48.7%.
- The Avalanche have an 11.0% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks sixth in the league.
- The Avalanche have shut out opponents once this season. As a team, they are averaging 15.4 hits and 14.4 blocked shots per game.
Avalanche Key Players
- A leading offensive player this season for Colorado, Nathan MacKinnon has recorded 48 points.
- Having scored 15 goals and adding 25 assists, Mikko Rantanen is excelling for Colorado through 32 games.
- On 71 shots (for eight goals) and 29 assists, Cale Makar has recorded 37 points this season.
- As Colorado’s top goalie, Ivan Prosvetov has recorded 4 wins and 3 losses this season while allowing 22 goals with 213 saves.
Avalanche Injuries
Artturi Lehkonen: Neck (Out),
Gabriel Landeskog: Knee (Out),
Cale Makar: Lower Body (Questionable),
Andrew Cogliano: Undisclosed (Questionable),
Samuel Girard: Personal (Out),
Chris Wagner: Achilles (Out),
Pavel Francouz: Groin (Out For Season)
Senators Insights
- The Senators have 90 goals this season (3.3 per game), 22nd in the league.
- The Senators’ total of 93 goals given up (3.4 per game) is 12th in the NHL.
- They have the 18th-ranked goal differential in the league at -3.
- The Senators have 20 power-play goals (19th in NHL) on 109 chances.
- The Senators score on 18.35% of their power plays, No. 20 in the league.
- In terms of shorthanded goal, the Senators have one.
- The Senators’ have the 29th-ranked penalty kill percentage (73.03%).
- The Senators are ninth in faceoff win percentage in the NHL (51.2%).
- The Senators’ 10.4% shooting percentage is 13th in the league.
- The Senators have held their opponents scoreless one time.
Senators Key Players
- Tim Stutzle has totaled six goals and 24 assists in 27 games for Ottawa, good for 30 points.
- Claude Giroux has helped lead the attack for Ottawa this season with nine goals and 15 assists.
- Drake Batherson is a crucial contributor on offense for Ottawa with 10 goals and 13 assists.
- Anton Forsberg has an .876 save percentage (64th in the league), with 234 total saves, giving up 33 goals (3.2 goals against average). He has put up a 5-6-0 record this season.
Senators Injuries
Thomas Chabot: Leg (Out),
Rourke Chartier: Upper Body (Out),
Zack MacEwen: Hamstring (Questionable),
Mathieu Joseph: Lower Body (Questionable)