It’s not often that the Ottawa Senators get to humiliate their two biggest rivals in the same night. Not only did the plucky underdogs, united only by their lack of signing bonuses, manage to upset the Montreal Canadiens in overtime by a 2-1 score, but they now also have more wins than the Cup-contending Toronto Maple Leafs. With one game in hand. Yeah, I’ll take this over improving our draft position any day.
Tonight’s game featured a pre-game ceremony honouring former Canadien and recent Hall of Fame inductee Guy Carbonneau. Ron Hainsey took the ceremonial face-off on behalf of the Sens, a pretty nice moment for him as he was drafted by the Habs way back in 2000(!