With the amount of injuries that have befallen the team, on a second-half of a back-to-back, against the Stanley Cup champions, with a rookie goaltender in net, there were plenty of factors going against the Senators tonight. And although excuses are never good, tonight would have been an easy game to make some up for.
Instead, the team battled hard, outshooting the Capitals and spending most of the evening in the opposing end. They were able to score two tonight against Pheonix Copley — better than last week — but it still wasn’t enough, with three goals in the first thirty minutes dooming Hogberg and the Sens in the end.