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Daniel Briere knows exactly what Ray Emery is feeling. When Briere left the Buffalo Sabres for the Philadelphia Flyers, who lured him with a barrel of free-agent cash, he had to deal with the nervousness of his first game against his former teammates.

Cory Clouston keeps his starting goalie a mystery until Game Day. He is going to stick with that policy until tomorrow.

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

Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov skated hard before his teammates practised at the Bell Sensplex yesterday morning.

They know better than most what Ray Emery went through during his tumultuous stay here in Ottawa.

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That's the message from Senators coach Cory Clouston after his club woke up Monday as the most penalized team in the NHL at 20.2 minutes per game .

Daniel Alfredsson could have passed as a Maple Leaf. Following Saturday's big gag, the Senators captain looked like he had been raked.

Zach Parise and David Clarkson each had a goal and an assist on the power play, and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth straight road game with a 3-2 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

Depending on who you talked to Thursday night, Senators winger Chris Neil is either: a) A good, hard-nosed player who hits with the best of them.

Jason Spezza's load got a little lighter Thursday night when he scored for the first time this season.

Sometimes the best sports memorabilia is the kind that celebrates something that didn't happen.

Until this week, Daniel Alfredsson had pretty much decided against getting an H1N1 flu vaccination.

Injured Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza could be back in the lineup Thursday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Mike Fisher's stock is rising just at the right time for his Olympic hopes. Team Canada executive director Steve Yzerman will sit down today in Detroit with the management team he has assembled to select the 23 players who will represent the country at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

It's not over. Far from it. That's the overriding message from the Ottawa Senators' dressing room.

Can the Ottawa Senators win back-to-back games, or will the Lighting get their revenge for a 7-1 pasting earlier this season? Our prediction panel weighs in.

Is the romance between Ottawa and Alexei Kovalev already on the rocks? Just nine games into his first season as a Senator, the stress cracks were showing.

The speed increase in the National Hockey League since the 2004-05 lockout has also led to to an increase in severe injuries, according to Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray.

Despite their early-season success, the Senators know they need to improve their power play.