Ottawa hosts Tampa Bay, aims to stop home skid
Tampa Bay Lightning (5-3-2, third in the Atlantic) vs. Ottawa Senators (3-6-1, fifth in the Atlantic)
Ottawa, Ontario; Saturday, 2 p.m. EDT
LINE: Senators +150, Lightning -180; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: Ottawa hosts Tampa Bay looking to stop its four-game home slide.
Ottawa finished 23-28-5 overall a season ago while going 14-10-4 at home. The Senators recorded 252 assists on 155 total goals last season.
Tampa Bay finished 36-17-3 overall and 15-10-3 on the road a season ago. The Lightning scored 180 total goals last season, 40 on power plays and three shorthanded.
The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.
INJURIES: Senators: Shane Pinto: out (upper body).
Lightning: Boris Katchouk: day to day (undisclosed), Jan Rutta: day to day (undisclosed), Zach Bogosian: out (lower-body).
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