Silver Seven · Feb 9, 2022
Senators Beat Hurricanes 4-3 as Tkachuk Ends Goalless Drought
Photo by Chris Tanouye/NHLI via Getty ImagesIt was destined to be a weird one.
The Ottawa Senators faced off against the Carolina Hurricanes tonight with both teams on the second half of a back-to-back. Ottawa was coming off perhaps their most boring win of the post-Guy Boucher era and had yet to win both halves of a back-to-back this season. Also, Forsberg was in net. We were going chaos mode.
To add to the intrigue, the Sens also had a chance to pass two teams in the league standings, as they were only one point behind Buffalo and New Jer- wait, hold on, I’m getting some news about who the Devils were playing tonight.