Despite both teams having several players in the infirmary ward, Nashville and Ottawa were still required to play on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena.
Ottawa scored 26 seconds into the game as Zack Smith beat Pekka Rinne with a backhand on the game’s initial shot.
The Senators also went on the game’s first power play at the 5:25 mark, after Ryan Hartman went off for tripping. That power play, like so many others in Bridgestone Arena this year, failed.
Austin Watson evened things up with his sixth goal of the season on a redirection from Mattias Ekholm at the 15:38 mark of the first.