(Sports Network) - The Ottawa Senators decided last season that they wanted to upgrade their goaltending position. Now the man that they dealt away reappears in town as an All-Star. Brian Elliott makes his return to Scotiabank Place this evening as a member of the St. Louis Blues almost a year after the Sens shipped him out of town for their current goaltender. Elliott was a ninth-round pick by Ottawa in 2003 and appeared in 130 games with the club. He went 59-45-15 in that span with a 2.81 goals-against average and .903 save percentage, winning a career-high 29 games in 2009-10 with five shutouts. Elliott also went 1-2 in four playoff games that season. Ottawa dealt the 26-year-old to Colorado on Feb. 18 of last year for Craig Anderson and Elliott went 2-8-1 in 12 games before signing with the Blues this offseason to back up Jaroslav Halak. Elliott, though, has made 22 starts to Halaks 29 and was a participant in this seasons All-Star Game. Both Elliott and Halak are among the league leaders with five shutouts each, while the former leads the NHL with a 1.69 GAA and is second with a .938 save percentage. St. Louis head coach Ken Hitchcock is expected to give Elliott his first career start versus his former team tonight after going with Halak in the first two games following the All-Star break. Halak notched a 22-save shutout versus the Kings on Friday and was then dented for two goals on 36 shots in a 3-1 loss to Pekka Rinne and the Predators the following night. Rinne made 41 saves for Nashville and allowed just a goal by St. Louis Chris Porter. For the Blues, it was the third loss in four games and dropped them a point behind the Preds for second place in the Central Division. "Obviously, Rinne played extremely well and made some big saves, but I think the thing we seemed to do in stretches was to get away from our game and try to find some cute way of passing it around him and thats exactly what they want," Blues forward Jamie Langenbrunner said. Halak fell to 12-2-3 in his past 17 starts, posting a 1.56 GAA and .940 save percentage in that span, and has four shutouts in his last eight starts. St. Louis, which is 9-0-2 versus the Eastern Conference this year, played without Jason Arnott due to a shoulder injury and lost the opener of a three- game swing. The Blues have lost seven of their past nine on the road and will look to win in Ottawa for the first time since Jan. 26, 2000. St. Louis has lost five straight as the guest in this series and snapped a five-game overall losing streak to Ottawa with a 5-2 home win last season. Elliott started that game for the Senators and allowed five goals on 33 shots. Anderson and the Sens will try to snap their season-high six-game slide this evening. The skid is the clubs longest since an 0-9-2 drought from Jan. 14- Feb. 9 of last year and has dropped it seven points behind Boston for first place in the Northeast Division. The Sens are also sitting eighth overall in the East, now one point back of the Maple Leafs and three ahead of the ninth- place Capitals. Ottawa lost ground to Toronto on Saturday with a 5-0 setback to the club. Anderson made 35 saves in his 17th straight start as the Senators were held to one goal or less for the fourth time on their skid. "This is definitely the worst loss. Its against a big rival for us, a team were battling with," Senators center Jason Spezza said. "You hope this is the end of it." Ottawa plays the third of a season-high five-game homestand tonight. Vancouver Canucks (32-15-5) at Nashville Predators (32-17-4), 8pm et/5pm pt (Sports Network) - There may not be a more confident goaltender in the league right now than Nashvilles Pekka Rinne. Vancouver should have plenty of positive feelings heading into Tuesday night after the way it won its last game. The Predators look for their seventh victory in eight games and seventh in a row at home as they take on the Northwest Division-leading Canucks. Nashville has posted the best record in the league since Dec. 28, going 14-3-0 and outscoring its opponents 55-33 in that span. Saturdays 3-1 triumph over St. Louis put the Predators a point ahead of the Blues for second place in the Central Division and Nashville enters tonight four points behind front-running Detroit for the most in the NHL. Rinne has been a huge part of the Predators recent run. He made a season-high 42 saves versus the Blues to extend his franchise-record win streak to 11 straight games. He made 19 of those stops in the third and hasnt lost since Jan. 5, giving up more than two goals just once over his win streak. "I think the biggest thing is as a team were playing consistent and well defensively," Rinne said of his win streak. "Confidence-wise, we have momentum going for us and weve been getting these one-goal games and a couple of huge comeback games. I think those kind of things just glue the whole team together and builds your confidence." Rinne is just the fifth netminder since 1998-99 to post 11 straight victories in a season and he is 14-1-0 since Dec. 28 with a 1.72 goals-against average and .944 save percentage. Martin Erat scored a goal and assisted on tallies by Sergei Kostitsyn and Mike Fisher for the Predators. Erat and Fisher both have 16 points in their past 17 games, while Kostitsyn has 15 in that span. Vancouver comes in having won four of five while going 6-1-2 in its past nine, though it seemed like it was on its way to a regulation loss on Saturday in Colorado. The Canucks trailed by a goal late and the Avs T.J. Galiardi sent the puck towards Vancouvers open net looking to seal things up. However, Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa dove to prevent the puck from going in and then sent the game into overtime when he scored with 34.1 seconds to play. Mason Raymond then netted the lone goal of the shootout for an improbable 3-2 win. "I just tried to put my body in front of it because it was a rolling puck and the ice was obviously bad, so I didnt want to risk swinging at it with my stick," said Bieksa. "Then once we got into their zone, Im not too sure what the puck hit, most likely a stanchion, but I just tried to put it on net because we had a pretty good screen in front." Roberto Luongo made 44 saves for the Canucks, who own an 11-point lead in their division and trail the Red Wings by three in the overall NHL standings. Vancouver also moved to 4-11-5 when trailing after two periods this season. Ryan Kesler netted his 16th goal of the season for the Canucks, giving him four tallies and an assist over a five-game point streak as well as goals in three straight. The Canucks and Predators have split a pair of meetings so far this year, with both taking place in Vancouver. The two teams have combined for 17 goals in those encounters, though the Canucks Daniel Sedin and Fisher are the only two skaters with multiple goals. Sedin has five points in the two games and twin Henrik has four off a goal and three assists, while Colin Wilson is pacing the Preds with a goal and three helpers in the two meetings. 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"He threw strikes. He threw near strikes, some tease strikes," Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker said of Cingrani, who allowed two hits in six shutout innings. "He was around the plate." Cingrani joined Joe Nuxhall, Mario Soto, Tim Birtsas and Frankie Rodriguez as the only Reds with a four-strikeout inning. Brandon Phillips had a two-run single as the Reds (14-12) improved to a major league-worst 2-9 on the road. "I cant stress enough, Im just happy to get a win," Baker said. Cingrani also became the first Cincinnati rookie to strike out 10 in a game since Johnny Cueto struck out 10 San Diego Padres on July 22, 2008, and the first left-handed Reds rookie to do so since Dennys Reyes struck out 12 Pittsburgh Pirates on August 20, 1998. "He was good," said Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond, whose team fell to 13-12. "I dont even know. Is he a rookie?" Desmond was told yes. "Yeah, hes got good stuff," Desmond said. Cingrani apparently hasnt caught everyones attention yet, but if he keeps increasing his strikeouts -- eight in his first start, nine in his second and now 11 in his third -- he will soon enough. The Reds, who had one hit in each of the series first two games, found enough offence Sunday to lead from the first inning onward. Cincinnati had four infield singles, and not only did No. 9 hitter Cingrani and No. 8 hitter Corky Miller score after their infield hits, Miller scored on an infield hit by Zack Cozart.dddddddddddd "I dont care how we get them, just as long as we get them" Baker said. "You know what I mean? Hits are hard to come by sometimes. Theres no such thing as an ugly hit." Joey Votto provided the Reds only extra-base hit, a first-inning double that set the stage for Phillips two-run single. Washington manager Davey Johnson called Phillips hit starting pitcher Ross Detwilers "biggest mistake." Detwiler (1-2) allowed three earned runs in five innings, and the 11 hits he allowed matched a career high. Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki doubled in the seventh, scoring Desmond. Desmond then doubled in the eighth to score Bryce Harper, who walked in a 10-pitch plate appearance. Aroldis Chapman earned his fifth save in five opportunities. NOTES: Reds RF Jay Bruce, who had hit fifth in each of Cincinnatis first 25 games, dropped to sixth in the lineup. The teams normal No. 6 hitter, 3B Todd Frazier, moved up to fifth. "Things change during the course of the season," Baker said. "We are in a production business." Bruce had two hits Sunday, and Frazier had one. ... LaRoche is 0 for his last 26. He struck out thrice Sunday, including once with the bases loaded. Half his at-bats in the skid have now ended in strikeouts. ... Nationals reliever Henry Rodriguez walked Miller in the eighth inning on a pitch that caromed so hard off the backstop, the ball nearly hit Rodriguez on the mound. . The Nationals and Reds completed their season series Sunday. Washington won three of seven. ... Basketball Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing and Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Wood were among 10 members inducted before the game into the Washington D.C. Sports Hall of Fame. ... Washington RHP Stephen Strasburg (1-4, 3.16) will face Braves RHP Julio Teheran (1-0, 5.48) on Monday in Atlanta. ... Cincinnati RHP Mat Latos (1-0, 2.16) will face Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright (4-1) on Monday in St. Louis. cheap jerseys cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '