Tonight, a severely depleted Ottawa Senators team welcomed the Los Angeles Kings to town. With an incredible nine players currently in COVID protocol, the Sens roster looked much closer to an early preseason lineup than that of a team set to hit the ice in November. Nonetheless, the NHL decided the show had to go on so on it went.
The first period of this one was pretty solid, all things considered. With Filip Gustavsson between the pipes, the Sens managed to make it out of the first frame without allowing a goal. The Sens kept things close, with 9 shots compared to LA’s 11, but the biggest thing to happen in the first was losing yet another player - this time to a possible injury.