Here are 3 things to watch in Game 4.<\/p>\n
1. Goalie change?<\/p>\n
Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen<\/a> has been brilliant in this series. He has stopped 80 of 83 shots in the first three games, and his 0.84 goals-against average and .964 save percentage each leads the playoffs (minimum two starts).<\/p>\n But the 36-year-old is no longer a workhorse and there have been durability concerns all season. In fact, Brandon Bussi<\/a>, a waiver wire find at the start of the season, led Carolina with 39 starts in goal compared to Andersen\u2019s 35.<\/p>\n Game 4 would be a fourth game in eight days for Andersen, including a double-overtime affair in Game 2. Plus, with the afternoon start time, puck drop is 41 hours after the end of Game 3.<\/p>\n Could we see\u00a0Bussi, who has never appeared in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, for Game 4?<\/p>\n \u201cWe haven\u2019t really made a decision on that yet,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said Friday, a day in which his team did not go on the ice. \u201cWe will talk to (Andersen) today and see where he is at. Obviously, he has played well so he has given no reason to think about giving him a rest.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if that is what he feels he needs, we will make that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n 2. Power outage<\/p>\n Neither team has done much on the power play. Ottawa is 0-for-12. Carolina is 1-for-10.<\/p>\n The Senators say the inability to score on the man-advantage is a primary culprit for the situation they find themselves in. Coach Travis Green said frustration with the foundering power play has bled into the 5-on-5 game.<\/p>\n The Senators have three goals in the series.<\/p>\n Video work and identifying tendencies can go a long way toward blunting the effectiveness of power plays.<\/p>\n The Hurricanes killed 88 seconds of a 5-on-3 in the second period in Game 3, not allowing a shot. It was a turning point in the game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are coached very well and having everyone on the same page is huge,\u201d Walker said. \u201cWe are very aggressive and we take away their time and pace. If one guy is going, everyone is going. I think that has been key all series.\u201d<\/p>\n 3. Tired legs<\/p>\n The Ottawa defense corps is at its breaking point.<\/p>\n The top pair of Jake Sanderson<\/a> and Artem Zub<\/a> is injured, Zub since the second period of Game 1, Sanderson in the second period Thursday. Neither will play Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thomas Chabot<\/a> is playing 32:23 per game, the most in the playoffs. Jordan Spence<\/a>\u00a0is playing 27:43, seventh most in the League.<\/p>\n