Forsberg stopped 17 shots in Thursday's 4-0 loss to the Sabres. It was a rough night for Ottawa in all three zones and Forsberg was hung out to dry, with Buffalo's final tally deflecting in off Thomas Chabot's leg.

The Ottawa Senators got a point but were unable to get the win as they fell to the Detroit Red Wings by a score of 3-2 in overtime.

Anton Forsberg was the star of the afternoon in New Jersey as the Senators swept their weekend slate of games and are now 5-0-1 in their last 6 games

Patrick Kane's overtime power-play goal gave the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena. That ended the Sens' nine-game road trip and extended the Red Wings' winning streak to five games.

Anton Forsberg stopped 17 shots in the defeat ... reach when McLeod benefited from an attempted pass deflecting off Thomas Chabot’s skate and into the net. Key stat The Senators have gone ...

A victory against the Bruins is paramount because the Senators can move into the final wild-card spot in the East with a win over Boston and begin to close the gap with the rest of the division. That’s why it makes sense for the club to stick with Merilainen.

The Ottawa Senators return home with a tall order as they take on the best team in the East and League — the Washington Capitals. Washington leads the league with a 0.716 save percentage at 63 points in 44 games.

When Ullmark is ready, and there is no timetable for his return, Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations and general manager, will have to sit down with head coach Travis Green and goalie coach Justin Peters to determine what the club’s next move in the net will be.

Let's get the big, obvious one out of the way first. Last year, the Sens were done in by horrendous goaltending. Ottawa finished the campaign 31st out of 32 teams for all-situations save percentage at .884 and a stunning -29.6 xGSA per Hockeyviz. It is, frankly, very hard to win in the NHL when your goalies play that poorly.

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The Senators have struggled to score. Ahead of the season, the emphasis from Green was to prevent goals on a team that had battled to be effective in its own end. He’s succeeded, but Green’s team has laboured to score goals at the other end.

The Ottawa Senators have reached the midpoint of their season, still alive in hopes of ending their lengthy playoff drought. We’ve put together a midseason assessment of everyone’s performance, including the head coach and general manager.