Brian Elliott News

Pascal Leclaire has played more than 50 games a season only once in his five-year career.

Senators got off to a promising start, but have slipped in the past few weeks, compiling a 3-4-3 record in the last 10 games.

BUF OTT 19:08 1 0 BUF OTT 0:50 1 1 8:14 1 2 BUF OTT 2:39 1 3 6:11 1 4 8:00 1 5 8:57 2 5 10:30 3 5 OTTAWA -- Brian Elliott found a way to keep the Senators on their winning streak.

The Senators are firing blanks in the NHL shootout. The problem isn't new. While the club is 1-2 this season after Saturday's 2-1 shootout loss to the New York Rangers, the Senators are ranked 30th, dead-last, since the shootout was put in place in 2005-06. With a 12-25 lifetime record, the Senators have won just 32% of their shootout games.

The Battle of Ontario isn't exactly dead. It is merely comatose, dormant like a once mighty volcano, capable of erupting again, possibly as early as Tuesday night when the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs meet at Scotiabank Place.

Leafs lines from morning skate: Kessel-Stajan-Ponikarovsky Hagman-Grabovski-Blake Stempniak-Mitchell-Kulemin Mayers-Wallin-Orr Defensive pairings: Kaberle-Finger Beauchemin-White Gunarsson-Schenn Leafs' odds Which players are most likely to score in the next game? Which team is most likely to win? And what's the likelihood there will be a fight? ...

While the Ottawa Senators have had trouble closing games recently, its problems pale in comparison to the season-long early game struggles of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Pascal Leclaire will likely get the start in net for the Sens Tuesday when the struggling Maple Leafs come to Ottawa.

Slava Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.

P.A. Parenteau scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

On Soft Pretzel Night at the Wachovia Center, the Flyers twisted up the Senators and dined out on the holes.

Pierre Parenteau scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

It just wouldn't be a season for the Ottawa Senators without the requisite questions being raised over the reliability of the team's goaltending.

Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov was in obvious discomfort beside teammate Nick Foligno after getting pinned under the Panthers' Kamil Kreps while sliding toward goalie Brian Elliott late in Wednesday's game.

Perhaps it was the bad ice or playing on consecutive nights. Or, maybe Senators players are guilty of taking their pre-game nap in the Tampa Bay sun.

THE STORY: The Senators overcame a major hurdle to pick up a 4-3 win against the Florida Panthers last night when Pascal Leclaire couldn't return for the second period due to flu symptoms.

Filip Kuba #17 of the Ottawa Senators skates with the puck against the Montreal Canadiens during a preseason game at Scotiabank Place on September 19, 2009 in Ottawa, Canada.

The Ottawa Senators have a chance to keep piling up the points against weaker teams as the Nashville Predators roll into town.

There are Senator Killers and then there is Tim Thomas. He is in another league.

Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza, and Pascal Leclaire all missed practice today as the Ottawa Senators tried to put the pieces back together after Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Nashville Predators.