The Ottawa Senators faced the New York Rangers in the season’s home opener, and on a night where they announced the jersey retirement once of the franchise’s greatest defensive players, the Sens missed the mark defensively. They lost by a final score of 4-1, bringing them another game closer to the 2020 draft lottery.
The Rangers’ top line of Pavel Buchnevich, Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin were on fire all night. They were on the ice for all four goals scored against the Sens, including one at 5v5, two on the power play, and one shorthanded.