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(Sports Network) – The Ottawa Senators were one of the hottest teams in the
league just over a week ago, but they have dropped three in a row as the welcome
the New York Rangers to Scotiabank Place on Wednesday. You can watch the game
live on TSN, TSN Mobile TV and TSN.ca at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt and join our Game
Night Blog to chat with other hockey fans during the game. Senators captain
Daniel Alfredsson skated with the team on Wednesday morning but there is no
timetable for his return from a concussion. Senators head coach Paul MacLean
said Alfredsson has passed the baseline tests and concussion protocol but he is
in no rush to put the veteran back in the lineup. Rangers forward Wojtek Wolski
underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia earlier this week and is expected to
be sidelined four weeks. After a pair of regulation losses, the Sens managed to
earn a point in Saturdays shootout loss against visiting Buffalo. Derek Roy
scored to cap the sixth round of the shootout, giving the Sabres a 3-2 triumph
in Canadas capital city. Milan Michalek and Jason Spezza scored in the shootout
phase for Ottawa. Michalek and Erik Condra also tallied during regulation for
the Senators. “They got lucky in the shootout,” Michalek said. “We have to keep
learning from this and be confident.” Craig Anderson made 31 saves, but couldnt
hold off Roy, who wristed a shot into the top right corner of the net to end the
contest. Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has missed four games since
suffering a concussion against the Rangers on Oct. 29. Alfredsson, who has four
goals and three assists in 10 games this season, began skating earlier this
week, but he wont be in the lineup tonight. Tonight marks the end of a
three-game homestand for the Sens, who are 5-3-1 as the host this season.
Following this evenings contest, Ottawa will head out on a six-game road trip
and begin a stretch of nine road tilts in 10 games. Ottawa defeated the Rangers,
5-4, in a shootout on Oct. 29 and the Sens have taken two in a row and three out
of five in this series. However, New York has won its last five trips to
Scotiabank Place. The streaking New York Rangers will take aim at a fifth
consecutive victory tonight. The Rangers began the season with a modest 3-3-3
record, but since then New York has posted four straight victories and outscored
the opposition by a 15-6 margin during that stretch. The four straight wins
marks New Yorks longest winning streak since it rattled off five victories in a
row from March 12-22 of last season. New Yorks latest victory came Sunday on
home ice, as Martin Biron made 23 saves to record his first shutout in a Rangers
uniform and the Blueshirts skated to a 3-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. “We
showed some resilience, some battle and some heart,” Biron said. Marian Gaborik
had two goals and an assist for the Rangers. Gaborik leads New York in both
goals (7) and points (13) this season and the Slovakian winger has two goals and
three assists over a current three-game point streak. Derek Stepan added a goal
and an assist in Sundays win. Biron, meanwhile, improved his record this season
to 3-0. He has stopped 77- of-80 shots sent his way this season while serving as
the backup to Henrik Lundqvist. Lundqvist will be back in the crease tonight for
the Rangers. The Swede is 10-11-2 with a 2.01 goals-against average in 24 career
games against Ottawa. In other news for the Rangers, forward Wojtek Wolski will
undergo surgery to correct a sports hernia and will miss four weeks of action.
Wolski has been limited to six games this season, during which he has totaled
just a pair of assists. New York began the year on a seven-game road trip before
playing its last six games at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers are 3-2-2 on
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Fla. —Matt Moore pitched up to the lofty recent standards set by the Tampa Bay
pitching staff. And when the Rays added some hits and runs, that made things
look easy. Moore threw six sharp innings, Jose Lobaton drove in three runs and
the Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 Thursday for a three-game sweep. “Our
staff and our entire lineup right now, were playing well,” Moore said after
winning in the finale of a six-game homestand. “Its a very good time for us in
this clubhouse, and theres a lot of looking forward to going on the road right
now.” Moore (9-7) gave up one run and two hits, retiring 14 straight batters
during one stretch. He won his third straight start, striking out six and
walking two. That kind of pitching has become routine for the Rays, who have
allowed more than one run in only six of their last 19 games. Hitting has been
another matter. The Rays took the ALs worst batting average (.230) and lowest
scoring output (441 runs) into the game, but Evan Longoria drove in two runs and
had three hits. Jeff Keppinger also had three of Tampa Bays 13 hits. The Rays
got seven runs after scoring only nine in he first five games of the homestand.
Longoria, who missed 85 games with a partially turn hamstring, came inches short
of his first home run since April. His RBI double in the eighth inning was close
enough for the umpire crew to review before determining it had bounced off a
rail and back into play. It would have been the Rays first home run in five
games. “With the addition of guys like Longo, I think everybody else is able to
relax a bit and gain some confidence, and once youre able to do that, things
start rolling,” outfielder Matt Joyce said. Tampa Bay has won 16 straight series
against Toronto at Tropicana Field. The Rays have won six of eight games overall
while the Blue Jays have lost 15 of their last 19. “I truly believe it can
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“Its all based on confidence.” The confidence of the Rays pitching staff has
never been higher. It has reached the point where Moores first two innings on
Thursday were considered something of a struggle. “The start of the game wasnt
the way I wanted to start—27 pitches in the top half,” he said. “I just didnt
quite have the feel for things there in the first inning.” Rajai Davis led off
the game with a double and scored the Blue Jays run on Moores balk. It was the
only run given up by Moore in his last three starts. The rookie left-hander is
8-2 with a 2.92 ERA since the end of May. “Obviously Im extremely pleased with
where Ive come from the beginning of the season,” he said. “After not putting
together too many quality starts, now Im getting a little more hungry for the
eighth or ninth inning, just to see what those are like.” An error on first
baseman Edwin Encarnacion opened the way for the Rays three-run second inning
off Henderson Alvarez (7-9). Alvarez gave up 11 hits in 4 2-3 innings. NOTES:
The Blue Jays placed 3B Brett Lawrie on the disabled list in order to give him
eight more days to recover from an injury in his rib/oblique area. Toronto will
fill Lawries roster spot before Friday nights game … Rays pitcher
Jeff Niemann, on the disabled list since May 15 with a fractured right fibula,
will make a second rehabilitation start Monday or Tuesday and hopes to return by
the end of August. ... Rays DH Luke Scott (strained right oblique) will begin a
rehab assignment Friday. ... Ben Zobrist played shortstop for the Rays for the
first time since 2009 . . . INF Brooks Conrad has accepted his re-assignment,
and the Rays released Matt Mangini to make room for Conrad on the Durham roster.
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