November 17, 2011
Thursday
9:30 pm EST
Ottawa Senators last won three in a row on the road during a 4-0-0 run March 3-11. Ottawa Senators posted a 5-3 victory in Edmonton on Feb. 12 in the teams’ only matchup there in 2010-11. Ottawa Senators' Craig Anderson turned aside 69 of 72 shots in the last two games after getting pulled 2:25 into the first period as Ottawa opened a six-game trip Friday with a 5-1 loss to Buffalo. Ottawa Senators could start piling up points if Craig Anderson maintains his current form. Ottawa the Senators have rebounded with a 5-2 win at Toronto on Saturday and Tuesday’s 3-1 road victory over Calgary.
Edmonton Oilers' Taylor Hall empty-netter capped the scoring in a 4-1 victory Nov. 29 that snapped the Senators’ six-game winning streak in this matchup. Edmonton Oilers have not won in any of the Senators’ last four visits. Edmonton Oilers' Taylor Hall was a minus-5 on the trip and hasn’t scored a goal in nine games. He might be one of the happiest Oilers now that the team gets to play on home ice for the first time since Oct. 30. Edmonton Oilers' Tom Renney knows exactly what his team looks like when it’s playing well - the Oilers won seven of eight prior to this season-worst skid - and he’s just not seeing it now. Edmonton Oilers failed to do so on their recently completed 2-4-0 trip. Fifteen of the 36 goals they’ve given up this season have come during their three-game skid.