Andrew Hammond’s 20-1-2 regular season record may buy him a guaranteed one-way contract with the Ottawa Senators or another NHL team on July 1st, but with his Senators dropping the first two games of their series versus the Montreal Canadiens, Hammond’s regular season record could not buy him a third consecutive playoff start.
Addressing the media this morning following the team’s morning skate, Senators head coach Dave Cameron confirmed that Craig Anderson would get the start tonight. It will be Anderson’s his first start since March 29th when the Senators lost in a dispirited 4-2 effort to the Florida Panthers. In fact, since his return from a bruised bone in his blocker hand, Anderson’s numbers are underwhelming: a 1-2-1 record (one win coming via a shootout win over the Calgary Flames), a 3.