After Deathcember got off to a rather nutty start in Pittsburgh, the Senators travelled Southwest to California to begin another road trip through Death Valley.
If you think you sense a theme here, you’re right.
While we still had to wait a few hours to find out who the three stars of the game would be, Senators fans along the East Coast who planned to watch the full 60-plus minutes had already be awarded hardest worker.
And those fans that decided to stay up were rewarded in the first period.
The Senators power play - which was 18th in the league and rising during its current hot streak - was successful for the fourth time in six attempts since Monday night.