Two solid periods weren’t enough for the Senators tonight. Although the team managed to overcome a poor second period last night in Tampa Bay, they gave up two extra goals in the middle frame tonight en route to a 5-1 loss.
It was the tale of two games, with both teams having a slow, snoozefest of a first period. There were three icings in the first two minutes — including two by Christian Jaros — and outside of some slick skating by the Panthers’ Denis Malgin, there was nothing to write home about in the first 10 minutes.