Ottawa has finished the season and it’s time to take stock and see how the team has performed over their final eight game. The Sens went 5-3-0 (here’s the previous ten games) which means they finish 6th in the conference and 4th in their division. The team’s 116 goals is thirteenth in the conference while their 104 goals against is first (and second in the league, behind only Chicago). Ottawa’s powerplay fell to 20th overall (15.9%); and their penalty killing finished first overall (88.0%). The Sens dropped to the 10th most penalized team in the league; they also dropped to the 15th best team in terms of 5-on-5 goals for/against ratio (1.03).
Player’s stats (INJ=games missed due to injury, SCR= scratched, SUS=suspended, AHL=games in the AHL):
Kyle Turris 8-4-1-5 +4
Sergei Gonchar 8-1-4-5 +3
Erik Karlsson 3-0-4-4 +2 INJ 5
Milan Michalek 8-2-2-4 +3
Cory Conacher 8-1-3-4 +4
Daniel Alfredsson 8-0-4-4 +3
Jean-Gabriel Pageau 8-2-1-3 +2
Colin Greening 8-0-3-3 -1
Chris Phillips 8-0-3-3 -2
Patrick Wiercioch 6-1-1-2 +4 SCR 2
Jakob Silfverberg 8-2-0-2 +2
Erik Condra 8-1-1-2 +1
Guillaume Latendresse 6-0-1-1 -2 SCR 2
Jared Cowen 7-1-0-1 +1 INJ 1
Mika Zibanejad 8-1-0-1 Even
Marc Methot 8-0-1-1 Even
Chris Neil 8-1-0-1 -4
Zack Smith 8-0-0-0 -3
Eric Gryba 7-0-0-0 -3 SCR 1
Matt Kassian 2-0-0-0 Even SCR 6
Andre Benoit 1-0-0-0 +1 SCR 7
Jim O’Brien (scratched)
Peter Regin (scratched)
Mike Lundin (scratched)
Jason Spezza (injured)
Craig Anderson 4-3-0 1.69 .941
Robin Lehner 1-0-0 2.20 .936
Various thoughts: while Turris lead the team in points over this stretch the real offensive catalyst was Karlsson. It was a rough stretch of games for Smith (-3), Gryba (-3), and Neil (a team worst -4), while Turris and Wiercioch lead things on the plus side of things (+4). Zibanejad‘s offence production slipped, while Conacher‘s remained steady despite reduced ice time. I thought Anderson started too much and his play hasn’t fully rounded into form, while Lehner ended his season on a strong note. Life can’t be any worse for after thoughts O’Brien, Regin, and Lundin, two of whom are certainly on their way out of the organisation while something is clearly up with O’Brien. I feel badly for Benoit who has been a solid citizen all year, but is scratched in favour of virtually anybody else. We have seen the last (presumably) of Kassian in a Sens jersey.
This article is written by Peter Levi (@eyeonthesens)-
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