are in Detroit on Saturday ... The Pelicans and Sixers will meet again

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The surging Ottawa Senators will try to gain some ground on an Atlantic Division rival as they welcome the Montreal Canadiens for tonights clash at Canadian Tire Centre. Cheapest Kobe Shoes . Catch the game live on TSN, TSN Radio 690 in Montreal and TSN Radio 1200 in Ottawa at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt.. Ottawa enters tonight tied with Detroit for fifth in the Atlantic and is seven points in back of Montreal, which currently holds the third of the divisions three automatic playoff spots. The Sens have won the first two of five scheduled meetings with the Habs this season and recently picked up a 4-3 overtime win in Montreal on Jan. 4. Clarke MacArthur notched the OT game-winner with a power-play goal, lifting Ottawa to its third win in the last four meetings against the Habs. The Canadiens, who will start Carey Price in goal, have lost four straight games in Ottawa. Price is 14-6-4 with a 2.22 goals against average in his career against the Senators. Goaltender Craig Anderson gets the start for Ottawa and is 6-6-1 lifetime with a 2.83 GAA versus Montreal. Robin Lehner helped Ottawa cap its recent trip with a win, as he stopped 27 shots to record his first shutout of the season in a 3-0 win over the Minnesota Wild. Kyle Turris posted a goal and assist, while MacArthur and Erik Condra also lit the lamp. Erik Karlsson added two assists for the Senators. Ottawa, which is 11-10-4 in Canadas capital city this season, is playing two straight on home ice before heading out on another four-game road trip and will have Chris Neil back in the lineup. Neil has not played since Dec. 30 when he collided with Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin and suffered a lower body injury. Montreal, meanwhile, is beginning a four-game road trip tonight and hopes to get back on the right track during the swing. The Canadiens have lost two of three and five of their last eight tilts and they recently split a two-game homestand. The Habs beat Chicago 2-1 in overtime on Saturday before dropping a 4-1 decision Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils. The Canadiens jumped out to a 1-0 lead against the Devils, but then watched as the visitors scored four unanswered goals. Max Pacioretty scored his 20th goal of the season for the Canadiens, while Price surrendered three goals on just 18 shots. "Its just that they find ways to clear pucks and find ways to block shots," Pacioretty said. "They play as a group for 60 minutes. Jersey prides itself on playing games like that." The Canadiens played Tuesday without forward David Desharnais, who is battling illness and is a game-time decision for tonights game. Montreal has lost three of its last four games on the road, but is 12-8-2 as the visiting team this season. The Senators have been playing their best hockey of the season lately, registering six wins during a seven-game point streak. Ottawa recently wrapped a four-game road trip with consecutive wins to post a 3-0-1 record on the trek. Nike Air Max 90 China Wholesale Paypal .J. -- Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch deservedly draw the attention for what theyve done in getting the Seattle Seahawks to the Super Bowl. Air Max 270 Black Wholesale . - Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery was so busy in free agency he didnt mind having a few extra weeks to prepare for the draft. http://www.wholesalenikeshoesclearance.com/cheap-vapormax-shoes.html . - Considering where Jeff Gordon was after Richmond, left out of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in part due to some late-race shenanigans, he couldnt have been happier on Sunday.Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Philadelphia 76ers were on the winning end of a blowout for a change. Nerlens Noel and Michael Carter-Williams filled the stat sheet against the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans and the Sixers led wire-to-wire in a 96-81 win Friday night, the most lopsided of their eight victories this season. The Sixers took care of the ball, going nearly two quarters without turning it over during one stretch. Their 19-point lead in the fourth quarter was a season-best. Noel had 17 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks and Carter-Williams scored 22 with seven assists and six rebounds, but neither had to contend with two of the Pelicans best players. New Orleans big man Anthony Davis sat with a sprained left toe he suffered in Wednesdays win over Detroit and point guard Jrue Holiday, the former Sixer, missed a second game with right ankle inflammation. Robert Covington scored 18 points and Luc Mbah a Moute had 13 for the Sixers, who entered the game on a two-game skid after falling to Eastern Conference division leaders Atlanta and Toronto. Those losses came on the heels of a 3-1 stretch that included their first two home wins of the season. They are 3-16 at Wells Fargo Center. Alexis Ajinca led New Orleans with a season-high 16 points and a career-best 14 rebounds. Eric Gordon added 16 points and Jimmer Fredette scored 13 for the Pelicans, who havent won consecutive games since Dec. 16 and 18. New Orleans coach Monty Williams said Davis toe grew sore near the end of the Detroit game and didnt respond to treatment as well as the team would havee liked. Wholesale Nike Shoes Clearance. He said Davis and Holiday felt better, but werent where they needed to be to play. Williams pointed out that his five starters combined for 10 assists and 14 turnovers. We didnt play team basketball with that starting group, he said. All the things we talk about that we dont want to do, we did tonight: turn the ball over, didnt play together, got outworked. Simple as that. Ryan Anderson started for Davis at power forward and had eight points on 2- of-11 shooting and Tyreke Evans also scored eight filling in for Holiday again. The Sixers went more than 21 1/2 minutes without a turnover between the first and third quarters. They stretched a 50-47 halftime lead to 17 in the third quarter and 19 on three occasions in the fourth, the last when Noels hook shot made it 90-71. Earlier, they made 10 of their first 13 field goal attempts and had a 22-6 lead after scoring 11 straight points. The Sixers signed guard Larry Drew II to a 10-day contract before the game, calling him up from Sioux Falls of the NBA Development League. He scored five points in his NBA debut. Game Notes The Sixers snapped a three-game losing streak against the Pelicans, who had averaged 122.3 points in the previous three meetings in the series ... The Sixers scored 33 points in the first quarter, a season-high for that quarter ... The Pelicans are 1-2 on a five-game road trip. They visit Toronto on Sunday ... The Sixers are in Detroit on Saturday ... The Pelicans and Sixers will meet again on Jan. 26 in New Orleans. ' ' '


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