Jarkko Ruutu News

BOSTON Bruins power forward Milan Lucic received more bad news Friday -- he'll miss the next month with a high ankle sprain.

Pictures from Ottawa's 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils. A November 25, 2009 A A A A Jarkko Ruutu #73 of the Ottawa Senators defends against Jamie Langenbrunner #15 of the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on November 25, 2009 in Newark, New Jersey.

SENATORS' EFFORT 8/10 THE GAME Don't be deceived by the 2-1 score last night's game had a bundle of scoring chances.

For the next month or so, the fate of the Ottawa Senators rests in the hands of Elliott, the go-to-goaltender while Pascal Leclaire has his face remodeled to repair a fractured cheekbone.

Niclas Bergfors, Patrik Elias and Jamie Langenbrunner scored goals, and Martin Brodeur made 24 saves to help the New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Wednesday night.

Devils enforcer Andrew Peters, shown fighting Joel Rechlicz of the Islanders, had his finger bitten by Ottawa's Jarkko Ruutu last season while playing for the Buffalo Sabres.

Blue-and-white jerseys littered Scotiabank Place, but only Senators fans went home happy, as their heroes overcame a 2-1 deficit with two second-period goals.

Mike Fisher and Daniel Alfredsson celebrate Alfie's second goal of the game in the third period as the Ottawa Senators would go on to beat the Buffalo Sabres 5 - 3 in NHL action at Scotiabank Place November 21, 2009.

Shean Donovan will be out of the Ottawa Senators line-up for an extended period of time after suffering what might be a season-ending injury on Thursday night.

Jason Blake looks up at the clock as Alexandre Picard and Mike Fisher celebrate the first Senator goal in the first period as the Ottawa Senators meet the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Place in NHL action November 17, 2009.

It does not matter that it has been six years since the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs played each other in a meaningful game.

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.

For the Ottawa Senators, the visiting New York Rangers might have been just about what the good team doctors had ordered.

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.