GDT: Canes v. Senators 11/16 7:00

[jeffbear]

Great response last night to a disappointing road trip. I was worried about Martin in net and hoped the boys would play extra hard around him (and they did). He looked really shaky at the start of the game, but he seemed to grow in confidence with each save. I think the mugging he took from the Sens just made him play more inspired. He was undoubtedly the first star, and the arena was full of Martin love by the end of the game.

Martin is a pretty physical goalie, and that works well with Ottawa's general obsession with getting right up in the crease on basically every shift. He only had to make a couple of bang/bang saves, so it was a good fit for him.