Giving up three goals that quickly, and to the Senators, is embarrassing. Giving up five goals to any team is humiliating. This team has whole heap o’ problems, but their system isn’t working, their special teams haven’t won games for them, and they can’t stay healthy enough to overcome the obstacles they’ve faced. Guy Boucher’s Senators sat back and waited for opportunities, and they gladly conceded shots to the Stars while generating goals of their own.
The first goal was fun, if you were the puck. The Stars Vaunted Penalty Kill allowed passes through the box with generous indifference, and the Senators finally finished off the inevitability.