Fresh off a win over the Calgary Flames — one that might have got the Flames coach fired if they hadn’t already tried that — the Ottawa Senators happily await the Leafs. They like when the Leafs come to town because something about the outer Ottawa suburbs makes the Leafs play like a pick-up team with Sunday morning ice time.
The Leafs do have a very slight edge in the season series over our nearest and dearest so far with three wins, two losses and one overtime loss. The goal differential is +2. All of that would be a fine record if the Senators weren’t deservedly one of the worst teams in the NHL.