The Belleville Senators rode into tonight’s game on a 17-game point streak. While the Monsters were looking for a win to help push them through the rest of the season.
Within the first two minutes of the game, the Senators were on the board. From below the blue line, Drake Batherson passed the puck to Nick Paul who dropped to his knees before firing the puck through Jean-Francois Berube’s five-hole.
The next eight minutes were pretty dicey for the Monsters.
“We had to protect the slot. I think they threw five or six pucks there in the first 10 minutes and ripped shots.