Sens @ Bears Preview, 11/26

Hershey Bears
record ~ 14-5-0-1 28 points
standings ~ 2nd in East Division
most recent game ~ 4-1 Win vs Bridgeport, 11/22
last 5 games ~ 5-0-0-0
home record ~ 6-2-0-0
goals for ~ 88
goals against ~59
power play ~ 17.9% (10th)
penalty kill ~ 78.8% (26th)


Binghamton Senators
record ~ 9-7-2-1 21 points
standings ~ 4th in East Division
most recent game ~ 2-1 Win @ Syracuse, 11/23
last 5 games ~ 1-3-1-0
road record ~ 6-4-1-0
goals for ~ 50
goals against ~ 62
power play ~ 24.4% (1st)
penalty kill ~ 79.0% (24th)

last time teams met - Hershey won at home 9-0 on November 16.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

C Keith Aucoin (11)- In the last 4 games he has 3 goals and 7 assists including 1 goal and 4 assists against Bingo on Nov 16.
C Mathieu Perrault (24) - In the last 5 games he has 1 goal and 5 assists. Included in that is an assist in each of the last 5 games.
LW Chris Bourque (17) - In the last 7 games he has 2 goals and 8 assists which includes at least 1 assist in 5 straight games.

Binghamton:

C Ilya Zubov (36) - Just recently returned to Sens after a stint in the NHL. He was not on the ice for the 9-0 game 10 days ago.
C Zack Smith (19) - Is the 2nd highest scorer on the team but he hasn't tallied a point in the last 5 games.
C Josh Hennessy (23) - In the last 2 games he has 3 goals and an assist.


News and Notes:

• Injuries to many of the Capitals could result in at least 1 call up this week. Boyd Gordon, John Erskine, and Jeff Schultz left Monday's game with injuries. They joined Mike Green, Alexander Semin, and Sergei Federov on the injured list. If they are unable to come back you could see a Bear or two (Sami Lepisto has been mentioned) getting called up today.
• If Sami or another D-Man is called up expect the Bears to recall a defenseman from South Carolina for tonight's game.

UPDATE:

• Bouque, Lepisto, Alzner, and Mink have all been recalled by the Capitals and are all in Washington at practice.
• The Bears in turn recalled Maxime Lacroix and Sasha Pokulok yesterday from South Carolina.
• Michael Dubuc was recalled from South Carolina this morning.