GAME OF THE WEEK

By HELENE ELLIOTT

Jan. 6, 2004 12 AM PT

OTTAWA AT TORONTO, THURSDAY

It’s for Canadian pride, eh? Two of the hottest teams in the NHL battle for national supremacy. Ottawa has a 7-0-2 streak and has given up more than two goals only once in that span, a 3-3 tie with Pittsburgh. In addition, the Senators have been getting balanced scoring, led by Marian Hossa and Daniel Alfredsson. The Maple Leafs are 14-2-3-1 in their last 20 games, but forward Owen Nolan -- a big body on the power play -- might be out for a while because of an eye injury.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.