This is the first meeting of the year between the Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Both teams are depleted with injuries, so were up for an interesting outcome.
The focus on the Ottawa Senators this game is twofold. One, Pittsburgh will have to defend Duclair tight, so he doesn’t let loose and score. Two, Pageau has been quite hot lately so it will definitely by a challenge for Evgeni Malkin, who will be matched up against Pageau.
The Penguins are missing Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Justin Schultz and Brian Dumoulin, so it will be interesting to see the different line combinations with the absence of so many key players.