Jarkko Ruutu News

The Ottawa Senators and the New Jersey Devils face off for the first time this season.

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

The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to win consecutive games for the first time in over three weeks when they visit the struggling Ottawa Senators tonight for a test at Scotiabank Place.

THE STORY: If the Ottawa Senators are playing the Tampa Bay Lightning, someone's probably going to get a beating.

About half of the Ottawa Senators went to the Metallica concert on Tuesday night, led by one of the heavy-metal banda s biggest fans, Jarkko Ruutu.

Mike Fisher's stock is rising just at the right time for his Olympic hopes. Team Canada executive director Steve Yzerman will sit down Wednesday 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.

After seven seasons in the NHL, Jarkko Ruutu has earned the reputation of being an agitator and a pest.

Allen Panzeri of The Ottawa Citizen reports: About half of the Ottawa Senators went to the METALLICA concert on Tuesday night, led by one of the heavy-metal band's biggest fans, Jarkko Ruutu .

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 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.

Fans in Ottawa affectionately dubbed Martin Havlat as Mach 9 during his days as a member of the Senators.

Two weeks ago, the Ottawa Senators gave the Tampa Bay Lightning their worst beating of the young NHL season, 7-1 at Scotiabank Place.

Ottawa Senators left wing Jarkko Ruutu, left, of Finland, celebrates with center Chris Kelly and right wing Jonathan Cheechoo after scoring a goal in the second period against the Florida Panthers during a NHL hockey game in Sunrise, Fla.

The Ottawa Senators will hold a three-hour skating session tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Scotiabank Place, exclusive to their season-ticket holders.

Tanja Poutiainen of Finland has won the opening race of the ski season, taking the giant slalom title on the Rettenbach glacier by just one one-hundreth of a second.

It's been a few years since Jonathan Cheechoo topped the 50-goal mark. It must seem even longer after games like the Ottawa Senators' last one.

Alex Kovalev came back to haunt his old team, registering a goal and an assist, as the Ottawa Senators got by the Montreal Canadiens, 3-1, at the Bell Centre.

On a rare dark night on the NHL schedule, the Senators got to savour another day in first place in the Northeast Division and second in the Eastern Conference.

OTTAWA: Recent arrival Milan Michalek notched his first NHL hat-trick to help the Ottawa Senators move top of the Northeast Division with a 7-1 rout of the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday.

Milan Michalek of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his hat trick with Daniel Alfredsson and Ryan Shannon against the Tampa Bay Lightning during third period action at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, October 15, 2009.