Today’s NHL schedule sees the Senators welcome the Washington Capitals in what should be an entertaining match at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, ON. If you plan to watch Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals live, stream online, or on TV today then first check out our Senators vs Capitals match preview.
Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals
The Ottawa Senators go into this one with a 47% points percentage, and naturally as underdogs against the Capitals. Cory Clouston will be sure to keep an eye on how their Southeast division foes collected 40 points in 34 games played this season but he will know that a lot of it will come down to containing Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. The Ottawa goal differential is -0.68 this season (good for number 27 in the NHL), but not as good as the Washington Capitals’s positive goal margin of 0.12 in the 2010-2011 NHL season.
Playing on the road, the Capitals will need to play to their strengths and their 1052 faceoffs won is their strongest statistical attribute (and 1st in the whole league in that area). Bruce Boudreau’s team is 18-12 this season and today will hope to improve their 40 point total to climb further up in the standings.
Ottawa are number 9 in the league in the ‘faceoff win %’ departement and Bruce Boudreau and his coaching staff will therefore certainly want to balance out Ottawa’s 51.7 faceoff win % this season. The Senators have a 69% winning percentage when leading after the first period, so getting off to a good start will be important.The fans in the Scotiabank Place are in for a treat today and if you want to join them and watch Ottawa Senators vs Washington Capitals online live streaming on NHL ‘Center Ice’ or on your TV – then make sure to tune in at 19:30 ET today.