OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: Dec. 29, 3-2 OT win at Washington: DeBrincat tallied his third multi-goal game of the season including the overtime game-winner as Ottawa earned a 4-3 victory at Capital One Arena. The markers extended DeBrincat’s goal streak to three consecutive games while the extra session goal was his 10th career overtime tally, the second most in the league since 2017-18. Sanderson and Stützle also scored for the Senators while Giroux provided two assists. Batherson had one helper to extend his point streak to 12 games, becoming the third skater in team history to have a streak of as many games. Ovechkin, Strome and Kuznetsov replied for the home side. In his 400th career regular season start, Talbot turned aside 22 shots to earn the win for Ottawa while Kuemper made 41 saves to take the loss for Washington. Scratch: Larsson; Injuries: Brannstrom, Chartier, Joseph, Motte, Norris, Zaitsev, Zub; Shots:
OTT – 45, WSH – 25; PP: OTT – 0-1, WSH – 0-1.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Detroit will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet ONE and TVAS as a part of Hockey Night in Canada. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).
WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa begins a four-game homestand against Buffalo tomorrow at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the second of four regular-season meetings and the first of two matchups at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: D Brannstrom, C Chartier, RW Joseph, LW Motte, C Norris and D Zaitsev are on IR and will not oppose the Red Wings this evening. Total man-games lost: 109.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned D Heatherington to Belleville (AHL) on Dec. 30.
OTTAWA vs. DETROIT – History:
2022-23 (1-0-0): Dec. 17 @ Detroit (6-3 win), Dec. 31 @ Detroit, Feb. 27 @ Ottawa, Feb. 28 @ Ottawa
2021-22 (3-0-0): 4/1/22 @ Detroit (5-2 win), 4/3/22 @ Ottawa (5-2 win), 4/12/22 @ Detroit (4-1 win)
Series record: Overall: 25-23-1-9; Home: 12-11-1-5; Away: 13-12-0-4
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 4/3/22 (5-2); @ Detroit: Dec. 17 (6-3)
Last Detroit win: @ Ottawa: 2/2/19 (2-0); @ Detroit: 1/10/20 (3-2 SO)
Last OT result: 1/3/18 (2-1 OT loss) @ Detroit
Last shootout: 2/29/20 (4-3 SO win) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 6, (2x, Last: Dec. 17, 6-3 win); Allowed: 8, (12/3/93, 8-1 loss); Both teams: 12, (2/2/11, 7-5 loss)
Last Game: Dec. 17, 6-3 win @ Detroit; OTT Goals: Batherson (x2), Chabot, Giroux, Motte, Watson; DET Goals: Veleno, Erne, Hronek; OTT Scratches: Heatherington, Lucchini; OTT Injuries: Bernard-Docker, Joseph, Norris, Stützle, Zub; OTT Goalie: Talbot; DET Goalie: Husso; OTT PP: 3-5; DET PP: 1-7; Shots: 28-32.
Career vs. Detroit: Brassard leads all players in career games played (47) and is tied with DeBrincat in goals (10); Giroux leads in assists (22) and in points (30); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (40) against Detroit.
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 3 at BUFFALO 6 (12/29/22)
1ST PERIOD: BUF Mittelstadt (Peterka, Power) 15:32-EV
2ND PERIOD: BUF Skinner (unassisted) 1:20-EV; BUF Mittelstadt (Power, Peterka) 10:28-PP; BUF Okposo (Girgensons, Krebs)
11:21-EV; BUF Okposo (Jost) 14:02-EV
3RD PERIOD: DET Kubalík (Söderblom) 2:35-EV; DET Kubalík (Veleno, Sundqvist) 4:23-PP; DET Oesterle (Copp, Berggren) 7:11-EV;
BUF Okposo (Girgensons, Cozens) 16:22-EN
SHOTS: DET 31 (7-7-17) / BUF 35 (14-11-10)
GOALIES: DET Hellberg (L, 29-34) / BUF Luukkonen (W, 28-31)
PP: DET 1-3 / BUF 1-5
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (34 / Oct. 10)
Jakub Vrána – personal (32 / Oct. 17)
Tyler Bertuzzi – upper body (25 / Nov. 30)
Filip Zadina – lower body (23 / Nov. 5)
Matt Luff – upper body (21 / Nov. 8)
Robert Hägg – undisclosed (8 / Dec. 8)
Ville Husso – non-COVID illness (1 / Dec. 29)
Total Man Games Lost: 182
Individual Man Games Lost: Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
12/28 – Assigned forward Jakub Vrána to Grand Rapids for conditioning
12/27 – Reassigned goaltender Sebastian Cossa from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)
12/23 – Signed forward Amadeus Lombardi to a three-year entry-level contract
TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. SENATORS / 7:00 P.M. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 59th all-time meeting, 30th in Detroit … Second of four games this season, second of two at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. OTT: 32-22-1-3 / HOME: 16-12-0-1 / LAST 10: 3-6-1 / IN 2021-22: 0-3-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-1-0
DET top scorers vs. OTT: Dylan Larkin (8-6-14 in 23 GP), David Perron (5-8-13 in 18 GP), Andrew Copp (4-7-11 in 20 GP), Filip Hronek (1-9-10 in 9 GP), Dominik Kubalík (2-3-5 in 4 GP), Lucas Raymond (2-2-4 in 4 GP), Elmer Söderblom (0-1-1 in 1 GP) OTT top scorers vs. DET: Claude Giroux (8-22-30 in 30 GP), Alex DeBrincat (10-16-26 in 17 GP), Thomas Chabot (2-6-8 in 11 GP), Brady Tkachuk (3-4-7 in 12 GP), Tim Stützle (2-3-5 in 3 GP), Drake Batherson (4-1-5 in 7 GP), Shane Pinto (0-1-1 in 1 GP), Artem Zub (1-0-1 in 2 GP), Parker Kelly (0-1-1 in 2 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Wednesday, Jan. 4: RED WINGS vs. DEVILS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: TNT / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Friday, Jan. 6: RED WINGS vs. PANTHERS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Saturday, Jan. 7: RED WINGS at MAPLE LEAFS / 7:00 p.m. / Scotiabank Arena / TV: NHLN, CBC, BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
Dec. 29 at Buffalo – 6-3 L
Detroit fell 6-3 at Buffalo to move to 15-12-7 overall and 7-6-4 on the road … The result snapped Detroit’s two-game win streak and three-game point streak (2-0-1) … Dominik Kubalík recorded his first multi-goal game in a Detroit uniform, scoring twice in a 1:48 span during the third period … Kubalík has regained sole possession of the team lead in power play goals (6), power play points (13) and multi-point games (8) … Kubalík ranks second among Detroit skaters with 28 points (12-16-28) through 34 games, and is tied with David Perron for second place on the team with 12 goals … Jordan Oesterle trimmed the deficit to 5-3 with his second goal of the season … Elmer Söderblom picked up the lone assist on Kubalík’s first goal … Söderblom has a point in five-consecutive appearances with Detroit since being recalled on Dec. 14, tallying five points (2-3-5) and a plus-five rating in that span … Joe Veleno recorded the primary assist on Kubalík’s second goal to extend his point streak to five-straight games (2-3-5 in 5 GP) … Oskar Sundqvist also collected an assist on Kubalík’s second goal, giving him three points (1-2-3) in his last four games … Andrew Copp tallied an assist on Oesterle’s goal, giving him three assists in his last four games … Copp has 13 points (2-11-13) in 18 games dating back to Nov. 17 at San Jose … Copp ranks second among Detroit skaters with 18 even-strength points (2-16-18), trailing only Dylan Larkin (7-14-21) … Jonatan Berggren also logged an assist on Oesterle’s goal, giving him three points (1-2-3) in his last four games … In all, Berggren has 12 points (5-7-12) in 21 games to begin his NHL career … Detroit is 14-4-4 this season when netting three-ormore goals … The Red Wings are 10-5-4 this season when scoring a power play goal … Detroit is 8-3-4 this season when recording 30-or-more shots … Detroit is 3-2-0 in the second half of a back-to-back this season … Detroit is also 3-2-0 in the first half of a back-to-back … Had the Red Wings rallied to win at Buffalo, they would have become the first team in NHL history to stage a 4+ goal comeback victory in consecutive games
RED WINGS CONTINUE NEW YEAR’S EVE TRADITION
- Tonight marks the 66th time Detroit will host a game on New Year’s Eve, posting a 33-23-7-2 record since the 1936-37 season.
- The Red Wings are 2-1-1 in New Year’s Eve contests inside Little Caesars Arena. They were previously 18-9-3-1 at Joe Louis Arena
– including a 12-2-2-1 mark from 1992-14 – and 13-13-4 at Olympia Stadium. - Detroit clinched a 5-4 overtime win against Ottawa on Dec. 31, 1992 at Joe Louis Arena. Sheldon Kennedy scored his first (and only) overtime goal 28 seconds into the extra frame, while Ray Sheppard (1-2-3), Jimmy Carson (1-1-2), Steve Yzerman (1-1-2) and Bob Probert (0-2-2) all finished with multiple points
