3. Hold that thought
To a man, the Senators said they were too quick to give up the puck in Game 1.
It might have had something to do with the 57 hits from the Hurricanes, but many of Ottawa’s forwards said it was incumbent on them to hold onto the puck more in the offensive end to create chances and get more volume at Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen.
“Speaking for myself, I think the first two periods, we were kind of throwing too many pucks toward the net and not holding on to it, not creating a lot of possession time,” Senators first-line center Tim Stutzle said. “That’s my game — hold onto pucks, makes those plays.
“I think in the third (period), we created way more. Obviously in the third, the power play was real good and the first two (earlier in game) were awful. I think we’ve got a lot more to give.”
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson — Tim Stützle — Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk — Dylan Cozens — Ridley Greig
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Mike Amadio
Warren Foegele — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson — Nikolas Matinpalo
Thomas Chabot — Jordan Spence
Dennis Gilbert — Lassi Thomson
Linus Ullmark
James Reimer
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Stephen Halliday, Hayden Hodgson, Cameron Crotty, Graeme Clarke, Arthur Kaliyev, Xavier Bourgeault, Oscar Pettersson, Tyler Boucher, Carter Yakemchuk
Injured: Artem Zub (undisclosed), Tyler Kleven (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook
William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin — Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere — Alexander Nikishin
Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi
Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mike Reilly, Pyotr Kochetkov
Injured: None
Status report
Zub, a defenseman, did not participate in the morning skate and will be a game-time decision after he left in the second period of Game 1 on Saturday. … Yakemchuk, a defenseman, and forwards Clarke, Kaliyev, Bourgeault, Pettersson and Boucher were recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Sunday. … The Hurricanes will use the same lineup from their 2-0 victory in Game 1.
