Remember when I said that the Ottawa Senators seem to give the Hurricanes fits when they meet? I’d love to have been proven wrong about that, but the fact that a team that is currently 3rd from bottom in the NHL standings took the Hurricanes to the shootout should be a bright red flag for fans. However, that won’t matter in the playoffs because Ottawa would need several miracles to make it.
Ottawa was in control of this game for the most part, but some choppy ice conditions from the start made this a sloppy game for both teams.