SENATORS (8-5-2) @ FLYERS (9-4-1)
Puck Drop: 7 pm EST
Season series — This is the first meeting of these teams this season. They play again in Philadelphia on Dec. 10. The Flyers visit Ottawa on Jan. 3, their first game after the Winter Classic, and again on March 23. Ottawa won three of four games last season, including a shootout victory at Philadelphia in their last meeting on April 4. The Flyers rank sixth in the Eastern Conference and the Senators are seventh.
Big story — The Senators are stumbling despite being mostly healthy while Philadelphia is flying high, winning four in a row despite having five regulars out of the lineup.
This is the first time the Senators will oppose Flyers goalie Ray Emery, who took them to the 2007 Stanley Cup Final, then struggled with emotional problems and played last season in Russia…
…Ottawa leads the NHL in misconducts and average penalty minutes per game. Coach Clouston told them to shut up and play after Saturday’s come-from-ahead loss to New Jersey, when the Senators had 39 PIMs, including two misconducts, and the Devils got all three goals on power plays.
This is the first time Emery will face his old squad since his departure from Ottowa in 2008. Make a statement.
