MONTREAL — Playing in his 500th career game, this was supposed to be a night to remember for Craig Anderson and the Senators.
Unfortunately, it was one the club’s top goaltender and the Senators would just as soon forget.
On Anderson’s milestone night, the Senators not only had a chance to move into first place in the Atlantic Division, they could have served notice to the arch-rival Montreal Canadiens that nothing is going to come easy but instead Ottawa dropped a 3-1 decision Saturday at the Bell Centre.
Facing the Habs for the third time in eight days, the Senators were trying to redeem themselves for back-to-back losses last weekend against Montreal but only forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau was able to beat goaltender Carey Price as Ottawa saw its two-game winning streak come to an end.