Anaheim Ducks vs. Ottawa Senators: Early December Showdown

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00:00We've got the Ducks going against the Senators up there in Ottawa.

00:06Anaheim got the biscuits in round one, kicking off early December there.

00:11What do we expect to see for this one?

00:13The odds makers have got them projected as a very short-priced favorite here.

00:17Is it all about the Senators going against the struggling Ducks?

00:20Yeah, I don't have a great feel for this matchup either way.

00:24I will say that Anaheim's goaltending with John Gibson back from injury and Lucas Dostal,

00:30who's been low-key one of the bigger surprises at the position across the NHL this season,

00:36through two months, the goaltending in Anaheim, any given game can spring an upset or something

00:42like that.

00:43And Ottawa, despite good shots on goal metrics, either of those goalies, Dostal or Gibson,

00:50can face a high shot volume and prevail any given night.

00:53Ottawa's one of those teams that, for whatever reason, good metrics, bad metrics, healthy

00:58lineup, not healthy lineup, they never seem to take that next step.

01:02So, verdict's still out on them a little bit.

01:06Certainly keep an eye on these Brady-Kachuk rumors and stuff like that the next couple

01:12of months, if Ottawa falls out of contention.

01:15But sounds like right now it's just noise going on involving the Rangers and some of

01:21the players around the league and the player movement that they've already made so far

01:25this season.