Early in the season, wide-open games like Sunday’s topsy-turvy 5-4 defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes tended to turn the Ottawa Senators way. The Senators desperately need something, anything, to give them a renewed spark as the downward spiral continues. He stole some victories and plenty of points in games the Senators were badly outplayed. After Matt Duchene’s second period goal, the Jaccob Slavin bad angle short-side goal allowed by Hogberg served as a rally killer. Back on Saturday, Nilsson had some shaky moments of his own in his Senators debut 24 a 4-3 loss to Vancouver.

Source: National Post January 06, 2019 23:48 UTC