Vegas
12-02-2005, 12:08 PM
OTTAWA (Ticker) -- After the best November in franchise history, the Ottawa Senators (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=ott) opened December with a thud.
The Senators hope to get their high-powered offense back in gear Friday when they host the Los Angeles Kings (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los) in an interconference matchup.
Ottawa, which went 11-1-0 in November, leads the NHL with 102 goals, an average of 4.6 per contest. However, the Senators were unable to click in Thursday's 3-0 loss to Boston as Hannu Toivonen made 26 saves.
Dominik Hasek (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=260) made 21 saves in a losing effort for the Senators, who will try to extend a four-game home winning streak. They are 11-2-0 at Corel Centre.
Los Angeles is coming off a 3-2 loss to Chicago on Wednesday despite third-period goals by Pavol Demitra (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=692) and Eric Belanger (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2471). Michael Cammalleri (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2991) had a pair of assists for the Kings, who saw their road record drop to 6-5-1.
The Senators have won just five times in 19 all-time meetings with the Kings and have gone winless in the last six contests between the teams since a 4-3 victory on January 11, 2000.
The Senators hope to get their high-powered offense back in gear Friday when they host the Los Angeles Kings (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los) in an interconference matchup.
Ottawa, which went 11-1-0 in November, leads the NHL with 102 goals, an average of 4.6 per contest. However, the Senators were unable to click in Thursday's 3-0 loss to Boston as Hannu Toivonen made 26 saves.
Dominik Hasek (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=260) made 21 saves in a losing effort for the Senators, who will try to extend a four-game home winning streak. They are 11-2-0 at Corel Centre.
Los Angeles is coming off a 3-2 loss to Chicago on Wednesday despite third-period goals by Pavol Demitra (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=692) and Eric Belanger (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2471). Michael Cammalleri (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2991) had a pair of assists for the Kings, who saw their road record drop to 6-5-1.
The Senators have won just five times in 19 all-time meetings with the Kings and have gone winless in the last six contests between the teams since a 4-3 victory on January 11, 2000.