Ahead of puck drop, Nikita Zaitsev left warm up early, paving the way for 2018 first round pick Jacob Bernard-Docker to make his NHL debut. With an NHL debut comes, of course, the rookie lap.
Early in this one, Nick Paul got the Senators on the board with his first goal in a very, very long time.
Unfortunately, just a few moments later, the Sens left Mark Scheifele open, completely alone, in front of the net to tap in a great pass from Nikolaj Ehlers to even things up.