Ottawa Senators #2(NHL 08 XBOX 360)

[Brandon 2006]

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Regular Season Report

Senators Stat Leaders

Players

Points
1. D. Heatley 90
2. J. Spezza 73
3. P. Eaves 70

Goals
1. D. Heatley 51
2. P. Eaves 34
3. D. Alfredsson 33

Assists
1. J. Spezza 54
2. W. Redden 48
3. M. Fisher & D. Heatley 39

Goalies

Goals Against Average
1. R. Emery 1.53
2. P. Lalime 2.13
3. A. Chiodo 2.99

Wins
1. R. Emery 40
2. P. Lalime 19
3. A. Chiodo 4

Losses
1. R. Emery 11
2. P. Lalime 3
3. A. Chiodo 3

Shutouts
1. R. Emery 9
2. P. Lalime 4
3. A. Chiodo 0

[savoie2006]

Re: Ottawa Senators #2(NHL 08 XBOX 360)

Seems to me that you have gotten better.

[Brandon 2006]

Re: Ottawa Senators #2(NHL 08 XBOX 360)

Seems to me that you have gotten better.

Well I racked off 11 games in one day, about 6 or 7 in a row just so I could finish up. I'll switch up the difficulty after this year is complete.

[Brandon 2006]

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Regular Season Report

Senators Report

(61-14-7)

#1 Eastern Conference

Ottawa just capped off their best regular season, in modern franchise history. They won 61 total games, losing only 21, in the 82 game season. With these 61 wins they will receive the President's trophy and will have home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

Dany Heatley proved that he is the most prolific scorer in the NHL by scoring 50 or more goals in a thrid straight season. Heatley started the season off slowly, with only 9 goals in the first few months, but picked it up as the season went on and with 7 goals coming in one game, he got to 50 once again. That 7 goal game tied Heatley with Joe Malone from the 1920's for most goals in a single game.

Another standout player for Ottawa was Micheal Blunden. Blunden was brought in just before the trade deadline, with only 2 points in an 11 game career. Blunden played 14 games for the Senators scoring 8 times and nabbing 13 points. Blunden is only 21 years old and could be a very important part in the Future of Senators hockey.

Ottawa's defense was one of the best all year long. They helped Emery and Lalime combine for 13 shutouts and led Ottawa to a first place finish. Redden, who struggled last year, got his game back together and put up 52 points, with 48 assists. Redden was a part of over half of Heatley's goals and got him to the 50 goal plateau. The only downfall of Redden was that he was the most penalized Senators. He would get a lot of tripping calls throughout the year and would give the opposition chances to score. Redden will have to clean that up before the playoffs start.

The real truth to Ottawa's season was the goaltending. It started out shaky with Gerber and Emery fighting for the starting position. Gerber was traded early in favor of Halak and Chiodo was picked up off free agents. Ottawa would acquire Patrick Lalime later in the season though. Lalime grabbed 4 shutouts during his stint this season in Ottawa. Emery had a career season, posting 9 shutouts(more than in his entire NHL career) and 40 wins(7 more than his career best). Emery was stellar in net all year, he was benched once after losing a game to Pittsburgh, but came back very strong.

Overall Ottawa has an incredibly successful year and they hope to cap it off with a cup victory. Ottawa has been hungry for a cup since the franchise returned to Ottawa and have not been able to get over the hump. Last year they made it to the Finals but the city of Ottawa had their hearts ripped out when the Ducks took the cup away. Ottawa is hoping they can finally get past all of the choking accusations of the media and finally get over the hump to grasp Lord Stanley's cup.

[Brandon 2006]

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2007-2008 NHL Playoffs

Eastern Conference Match-Ups

1. Ottawa
8. New Jersey

2. Pittsburgh
7. NY Rangers

3. Washington
6. Philadelphia

4. Atlanta
5. Toronto

Western Conference Match-Ups

1. Detroit
8. Calgary

2. Anaheim
7. Dallas

3. Vancouver
6. Colorado

4. Chicago
5. San Jose

[Brandon 2006]

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2007-2008 NHL Playoffs

1. Ottawa Senators Vs. 8. New Jersey

Series Preview

Coming into this series the biggest match-up is Emery Vs. Brodeur. Last year Ottawa took the Devils out of the playoffs and New Jersey wants revenge. That may be a problem since Ottawa has home-ice advantage to start the series and Ottawa has been succesful against the Devils this year. In 4 games played against each other, Ottawa has won 4. Ottawa scored 4 or more goals in 3 of the games and held New Jersey to only 1 goal in each of the 4 games. Basically this series should be a cake walk for Ottawa.

[Brandon 2006]

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07-08 Playoffs

Game 1
#8 New Jersey Devils Vs. #1 Ottawa Senators

New Jersey 0 Ottawa 2

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F New Jersey 0 0 0 - 0 Ottawa 1 0 1 - 2 SHOTS ON GOAL 19 21 POWER PLAY 0/2 0/0

Three Stars
1. Ray Emery 19 Saves
2. Dany Heatley 1 Goal
3. Daniel Alfredsson 1 Goal

Goalie Match-Up
NJD
M. Broduer 20 SA 19 S 1.01 GAA

OTT
R. Emery 19 SA 19 S 0.00 GAA

OTT Player Stats
D. Heatley 1g
D. Alfredsson 1g
W. Redden 1ast
J. Spezza 1ast

[Brandon 2006]

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07-08 Playoffs

Game 2
#8 New Jersey Devils @ #1 Ottawa Senators

New Jersey 1 Ottawa 3

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F New Jersey 0 1 0 - 1 Ottawa 2 0 1 - 3 SHOTS ON GOAL 15 27 POWER PLAY 0/1 1/2

Three Stars
1. Jason Spezza 2 Goals 1 Assist
2. Patrick Eaves 2 Assists
3. Wade Redden 2 Assists

Goalie Match-Up
NJD
M. Brodeur 26 SA 24 S 2.01 GAA

OTT
R. Emery 15 SA 14 S 1.00 GAA

OTT Player Stats
J. Spezza 2g 1ast
P. Eaves 2ast
W. Redden 2ast
J. Corvo 1g
D. Heatley 1ast

[Brandon 2006]

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07-08 Playoffs

Game 3
#1 Ottawa Senators @ #8 New Jersey Devils

Ottawa 5 New Jersey 0

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Ottawa 3 0 2 - 5 New Jersey 0 0 0 - 0 SHOTS ON GOAL 18 27 POWER PLAY 0/0 0/2

Three Stars
1. Mike Fisher 2 Goals
2. Ray Emery 27 Saves 1 Assist
3. Andrej Meszaros 1 Goal 1 Assist

Goalie Match-Up
OTT
R. Emery 27 SA 27 S 0.00 GAA 1ast

NJD
M. Brodeur 17 SA 12 S 5.52 GAA
K. Weekes 1 SA 1 S 0.00 GAA

OTT Player Stats
M. Fisher 2g
A. Meszaros 1g 1ast
J. Spezza 1g 1ast
P. Eaves 2ast
D. Heatley 1g
C. Schubert 1ast
B. McGrattan 1ast
A. Vermette 1ast
D. McAmmond 1ast
W. Redden 1ast

[Brandon 2006]

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07-08 Playoffs

Game 4
Ottawa leads 3-0
#1 Ottawa Senators @ #8 New Jersey Devils

Ottawa 4 New Jersey 0

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Ottawa 0 2 2 - 4 New Jersey 0 0 0 - 0 SHOTS ON GOAL 21 26 POWER PLAY 0/0 0/1

Three Stars
1. Brian McGrattan 1 Goal 1 Assist
2. Daniel Alfredsson 1 Goal
3. Patrick Lalime 16 Saves

Goalie Match-Up
OTT
P. Lalime 16 SA 16 S 0.00 GAA

NJD
M. Brodeur 21 SA 17 S 4.07 GAA

OTT Player Stats
B. McGrattan 1g 1ast
D. Alfredsson 1g
S. Donovan 1g
D. McAmmond 1g
M. Blunden 1ast
A. Volchenkov 1ast
A. Vermette 1ast
M. Fisher 1ast
W. Redden 1ast
J. Hennessy 1ast

[Brandon 2006]

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2007-2008 Playoffs

#1 Ottawa Vs. #8 New Jersey

Ottawa Sweeps New Jersey 4-0

Series review

Ottawa came out very strong in this series scoring 5 goals in 2 home games, allowing only 1 to get in their net. Emery posted 2 shutouts in his 3 games and Lalime posted a shutout in game four. Emery allowed the only goal scored against Ottawa in the series. Emery faced 61 shots in the three games, and also put a point on the board assisting a goal.

The best skater for Ottawa was top line center, Jason Spezza. Spezza had 3 goals and 3 assists in the 4 game series. Redden had 5 assists and Eaves had 4. The top line of Ottawa was a scary force as Heatley put up 2 goals and an assist to add to the stellar perfomance of Spezza and Eaves. The biggest surprise of the series was Brian McGrattan scoring a goal and 2 assists in the 4 games he played. McGrattan is mostly known as a fighter, but during this series and the later part of the season he has gained a scoring touch.

The series MVP is Ray Emery. With 60 saves on 61 shots, 2 shutouts and 3 wins. He led Ottawa to a sweep of the Devils.

[Brandon 2006]

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2007-2008 NHL Playoffs

Eastern Conference round 1 Match-Ups

1. Ottawa
8. New Jersey
Ottawa advanced

2. Pittsburgh
7. NY Rangers
NY Rangers Advanced

3. Washington
6. Philadelphia
Washington Advanced

4. Atlanta
5. Toronto
Atlanta Advanced

Western Conference Match-Ups

1. Detroit
8. Calgary
Detroit Advanced

2. Anaheim
7. Dallas
Anaheim Advanced

3. Vancouver
6. Colorado
Colorado Advanced

4. Chicago
5. San Jose
Chicago Advanced

[Brandon 2006]

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2007-2008 Playoffs

EST Conference semi finals match-ups

#1 Ottawa
#7 NY Rangers

#3 Washington
#4 Atlanta

WST Conference Semi finals Match-Up

#1 Detroit
#6 Colorado

#2 Anaheim
#4 Chicago

[Brandon 2006]

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2007-2008 Playoffs

#1 Ottawa Vs. #7 New York

Series Preview

Ottawa will face a much tougher opponent in New York than they did against New Jersey. In five games played this year New York won 3 of them. During the season Ottawa had a very tough time shutting down the Rangers scorers and that led to high scoring games.

After up setting Pittsburgh in the first round New York will be riding high and will have a ton of momentum. The Rangers will have to score a lot of goals to keep Ottawa down and we should see some games with more than 10 total goals. That will only happen if Emery can not keep his hot streak going.

Emery has 2 shutouts in his last 3 games and has been amazing in the playoffs so far. Ottawa has the advantage in the goaltending department by a long shot.

Comparing goalie Stats:
Emery: 3 GP 3 W 0 L 61 SA 60 S 0.33 GAA 2 SO
Lundqvist: 6 GP 4 W 2 L 170 SA 152 S 2.89 GAA 0 SO

[jxtuoleafs]

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A question:

With a high-octane offence like the Rangers possess, how long of a leash does Ray Emery have? Obviously Lalime has proved his ability shutting out Jersey in game 4...then again, he did kind of get rocked in that Leaf series a couple of years back