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Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov was in obvious discomfort beside teammate Nick Foligno after getting pinned under the Panthers' Kamil Kreps while sliding toward goalie Brian Elliott late in Wednesday's game.

Perhaps it was the bad ice or playing on consecutive nights. Or, maybe Senators players are guilty of taking their pre-game nap in the Tampa Bay sun.

THE STORY: The Senators overcame a major hurdle to pick up a 4-3 win against the Florida Panthers last night when Pascal Leclaire couldn't return for the second period due to flu symptoms.

Filip Kuba #17 of the Ottawa Senators skates with the puck against the Montreal Canadiens during a preseason game at Scotiabank Place on September 19, 2009 in Ottawa, Canada.

The Ottawa Senators have a chance to keep piling up the points against weaker teams as the Nashville Predators roll into town.

There are Senator Killers and then there is Tim Thomas. He is in another league.

Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza, and Pascal Leclaire all missed practice today as the Ottawa Senators tried to put the pieces back together after Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Nashville Predators.

The Senators have finally come clean on Filip Kuba. Listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury since Oct.

Now that GM Bryan Murray has signed defenceman Matt Carkner to a two-year extension, the Senators will work on locking up Volchenkov, who is in the final year of a contract that pays him an average of $2.5 million per season.

Great goaltending was key for the Senators last night. Pascal Leclaire played well, too.

Jason Spezza and Chris Neil sit beside each other in the Ottawa Senators' dressing room, but they weren't so friendly on the ice at the end of Friday's practice.

Three games playeda five goals and six points for Ilya Kovalchuk. Let's see, that puts him on pace fora whata 137 goals and 164 points? Yeah, Ia ll take that! Unfortunately, unlike the first two games, the captaina s efforts did not help the Thrashers to a win as Atlanta fell to the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Saturday night.

The Ottawa Senators are now riding a two game winning streak, but neither victory has been all that convincing.

Goaltender Brian Elliott will get his first start of the regular season for the Senators tonight when they host the Atlanta Thrashers at Scotiabank Place .

Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza didn't skate with his teammates Wednesday, but he isn't expected to miss any more time.

There was no sign of Jason Spezza at Senators' practice today at Scotiabank Place.

Much like his new team, Pascal Leclaire is getting a fresh start when the puck drops to open the 2009-10 season.

Ottawa Senator goalie Pascal Leclaire takes a drink during a very light practice at Scotiabank Place September 22, 2009, in only he and five other skaters attended.

The motto of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is they always get their man. The problem for the Senators, who spent part of the weekend playing cops and robbers with the RCMP as part of a team-building exercise, is they've got too many men right now.

Defenceman Jared Cowen, the Ottawa Senators' first-round draft pick in June, will play his second National Hockey League preseason game tonight in front of what is certain to be a partisan crowd.