After Craig Anderson played three games in four nights against a couple division rivals, Mike Condon will get the nod tonight as the Senators welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to town.
Although Senators head coach Guy Boucher said it was simply just time to give Anderson a break, Condon’s numbers against Pittsburgh are far more favourable than Anderson’s.
“It just falls at a moment where it’s good because it is a team that (Condon’s) done well against here at home,” Boucher explained during his press conference just before noon. “It’s just a bonus on the positive side, but really, if it was another team it’d be the same.