Statistics do not lie Sense

Mark Twain, the great American writer, used to say that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.Sometimes but the numbers do not lie. After three games of the Ottawa Senators (the first statistics: three defeats, one in overtime, a record of 0-2-1) Pop-up trends as quickly as a statistic senators ESPN. Discover the faces of only two senators present with the team leaders: Jarkko Ruutu (white) and Chris Neil (notes). These points are the leaders now, Ottawa, Ruutu with a goal and an assist, Neil with two assists. Its center Chris Kelly (notes), not shown, but the more-2, with the defense of 4 Brett Favre White jersey
Ruutu and Matt Carkner (notes) to the team leader in this department. Already, said the figures a little story. Fans who saw the first three games in losses to Buffalo and Toronto in regulation and overtime loss to Washington, and I know that the third line of Kelly Ottawa, Ruutu and Neil was the front line team. Thatsit tolls. Last season, Kelly, Neil and Ruutu Senators more cohesive unit, a line of simplicity. Pucks deep. Work hard. Low-cycle. Reach the network. Who says hockey is a complicated game? This line of Kelly is also the Ottawa production line is just as revealing. Where are the stars? Unreal, Sergei Gonchar (notes), the defense of former Pittsburgh Penguins is to play a panacea for the Ottawa power, but this group (for the ugly statistics are produced below) is for 0 - 14 Of all the areas of concern for the Senators, who advised patience, especially to play with power. There were times when the first unit moves the disc to the authority. With better luck, a rebound, one shot, the power play two or three goals to date. In general, you can use a page from the text book by Neil-Ruutu-Kelly. Get base. Take a big body in front of the net (called Neil). Pucks on net, etc. After three games for his unhappy Gonchar two shots on goal and is a quarterback on the powerplay for the injections of the complaint rather than obsession with finesse. Walk the walk, Sergei. As with Filip Kuba (notes) with an injury and the team adjust to the loss of Anton Volchenkov (notes) are expected, has mixed the defense, but it has against the Capitals coach Cory Clouston reduced minutes Brian Lee (white) and improved joined Chris Phillips (notes) with Gonchar. Second was back Erik Karlsson (notes), the partners at Phillips, was a bad start to the season had. It is always a problem when a player with limitations defense, the best, not playing his best, but bad Karlsson beginning of last season, spent a dozen games in the AHL again and started a strong rookie campaign. Karlsson would be nice if the rest of 43 Polamalu white jersey
the team also won their game. Individual players are much better if the team wins, right? That brings us to the biggest names in the computer. None of the stars twinkle in the first three games. Captain Daniel Alfredsson (white) on Monday next game in the third period with a lower body injury is not known, but is expected back for Thursday game against the Carolina Hurricanes at Scotiabank Place.
Alfredsson was to assist in three games, all in inches at 1,000 points (to go seven!). The end of Alex Kovalev (notes), within 10 points of 1000, has not up to the dashboard and is apathetic. Milan Michalek (notes) seems to have lost a step since a knee operation in the spring and a team of plus-minus-4.
Center Jason Spezza (Notes) missed the first game with a groin injury and has the sole purpose of a member of the first line.
Mike Fisher (white) and Peter Regin (white), the team lead with nine shots on goal each, but no player scored a goal. The biggest surprise after three games is that teams of concern, goalkeeper has the least of his problems.
Pascal Leclaire (notes) was easily the most consistent player through three Ottawa games, but Clouston was very tough with him after OT loss to Washington. Leclaire was admitted Alex Ovechkin (notes) of the target compound with five holes along the ice in front of the circle was his eyebrows by calling mistake.But Clouston Leclaire made the smell of 6 Sanchez Purple AFL50th jersey
the Old Testament. Clouston Leclaire credited by some good saves (but not obliged to do much original Clouston) the need for Leclaire to do it, then be very disappointing, frustrating, because he played elsewhere.
It was a fair fight between Leclaire and Brian Elliott (notes) this fall? Not really. The feeling in the training camp is that Leclaire, the focal point of a significant trade with Columbus March 2009, the choice of organizations to No. 1 this season was.
Clouston, however, showed more confidence in Elliott last season, when luck was bad Leclaire difficult ridiculous. Elliott was a child when both Clouston is the Senators in the second half of the 2008/09 season and also played for Clouston Elliott to Binghamton. Who in goal Thursday night Leclaire (0-2-1 and a goals against average of 3.28) and Elliott, to search for their first season statistics register?