For the second time in less than two weeks, the Sens and Canes will face off. This time, the Sens are riding a four-game win streak, which is tied for their longest of the season after a Monday night comeback win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Tim Stützle has been a force during the win streak, picking up both a goal and an assist in the last three wins, and overall is riding a five-game point streak.
In Pittsburgh on Monday night, Stützle batted Drake Batherson’s tipped pass out of the air to send Claude Giroux on a breakaway. Giroux was slashed by Erik Karlsson and rammed into the post as the puck trickled over the goal line and was waved off, but the referees ruled it a goal after a long conversation. That goal stood as the game-winner.
Batherson also assisted on Stützle’s goal earlier in the third period, after Giroux forced a turnover while the Pens were changing and Batherson laid a breakaway rebound out for Stützle.
Meanwhile, Jake Sanderson and Artem Zub continued a stretch of dominance from the back end. During the win streak, Zub and Sanderson have been on for four goals for at 5-on-5 and none against. They’ve also been on the ice for 16 high-danger scoring chances and just two against per Natural Stat Trick.
