Alexei Kovalev News

Alexei Kovalev has had plenty of opportunities. It's time for him to turn potential into production.

Mike Fisher's stock is rising just at the right time for his Olympic hopes. Team Canada executive director Steve Yzerman will sit down today in Detroit with the management team he has assembled to select the 23 players who will represent the country at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

FIRE Mike Fisher , Senators With the loss of Dany Heatley , Fisher has been asked to take on a more offensive role with the Sens.

The Senators are going to have to go without Jason Spezza again Saturday. The club's top centre wasn't on the ice Friday and he won't be in the lineup for Saturday's matinee game against the Atlanta Thrashers at Scotiabank Place.

Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks, Alexei Kovalev of the Ottawa Senators, Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks and NHLPA General Counsel Ian Penny look on during the NHLPA press conference during the 2009 NHL All-Star weekend at the Queen Elizbeth Fairmont Hotel on January 23, 2009 in Montreal, Canada.

Steven Stamkos is fast becoming an elite NHL player. Stamkos had two power-play goals and an assist to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Thursday night.

Is the romance between Ottawa and Alexei Kovalev already on the rocks? Just nine games into his first season as a Senator, the stress cracks were showing.

The motivation should be simple enough for the Ottawa Senators tonight against the Florida Panthers.

Milan Michalek made this night short and sweet for the Senators. Not only did the Senators winger serve up a free slice of pizza for 17,732 at Scotiabank Place by completing his first career hat-trick in the third period of a 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, he also became only the second player in franchise history to score two ...

Sometimes teams manage to win in spite of themselves, and that was certainly the case for the Ottawa Senators in Montreal.

The Montreal Canadiens didn't talk very much about Alexei Kovalev's first game back in Montreal since signing as a free-agent with the Ottawa Senators during the summer.

Ottawa's Alexei Kovalev, left, takes a shot on Canadiens goaltender Carey Price during Saturday's game.

Alexei Kovalev isn't sure how the Montreal fans will receive him when he steps onto the ice at the Bell Centre wearing an Ottawa Senators jersey on Saturday night.

Round numbers were everywhere last night as the Ottawa Senators regained the form they have displayed for the better part of the past two months.

Pascal Leclaire has been sharp in his first three games with the Ottawa Senators.

Alexei Kovalev celebrates his first team goal with Anton Volchenkov and Daniel Alfredsson during the first period of their NHL hockey game against the Atlanta Thrashers in Ottawa October 10, 2009.

The Sens shuffled their lines for practice Sunday, with Milan Michalek, left, playing alongside Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson.

The Maple Leafs-Senators confrontation Tuesday night should indicate whether or not the old "Battle of Ontario" still has legs.

The Ottawa Senators may have missed umpteen scoring chances in season-opening 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers Saturday night, but coach Cory Clouston insists he isn't worried about it yet.

If they can make it here ... Five months removed from missing the playoffs for the first time in 12 seasons, the Senators will begin anew tonight on Broadway against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden with seven new players on the roster and hope that Ottawa will return to its old form.