Sens forward Kyle Flanagan continues to work for a contract (still on a PTO) in scoring his fifth of the season and Buddy Robinson added an empty netter as the BSens (18-28-3-0) snapped their five game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Syracuse Crunch (19-21-9-1). Chris Driedger (12-12-1-0, 3.11GAA, 0.899 SV%) stopped all 21 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season in what turned out to be a goaltending duel with Crunch netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy with overtime looming.
A sparse crowd of 7,262 was on hand at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa on DIFD night for the annual event on a late Saturday afternoon affair between two rivals in the East Division for the first time ever.