Playing their fourth game in three days, the Ottawa Senators began their mid-December road trip by facing the Nashville Predators, former winners of the 2017-18 regular season and current leader of the Western Conference. The match was set to be a clash of two major forces: Ottawa’s high-octane offence fuelled by the rookies vs. the Predators’ league-best defence.
With significant injuries on both rosters, the Preds ended up stalling the Sens’ goal scoring, taking the two points by a score of 3-1. It’s now been five games since the Sens have scored three or more goals, something that hasn’t happened to them since March of last season.