Ottawa Senators Vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Arena: Air Canada Centre
Time: Sat, February 06, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America
Last 10 matches: Ottawa 10-0-0; Toronto 2-6-2
A Toronto penalty will set up a battle between the NHL’s weakest power play and its poorest penalty-killing unit. Despite their winning streak, the Senators are last in the League on the power play at 15.2 percent. But the Leafs are by far the worst on the penalty kill at 70.4 percent.Ottawa took a hit on the blue line when rookie Erik Karlsson left Thursday’s win over the Canucks with a shoulder injury. … Toronto learned this week that defenseman Mike Komisarek will need season-ending shoulder surgery, and forward Mikhail Grabovski won’t be back until after the Olympic break due to a broken wrist.
Spezza has a goal in each of the last eight games he’s played in, including six straight after returning from knee surgery. He has 9 goals in his last eight games. … Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who’s likely to start in goal for the Leafs, is coming off a 3-0 win over New Jersey in his Toronto debut on Tuesday.
The teams are meeting for the fourth time this season, but the first since Dec. 14. Ottawa won the first two, 2-1 in Toronto and 3-2 at home, before the Leafs held off the Senators 3-2 at the Air Canada Centre in mid-December We will post information about results of this match.. stay tuned.