Ottawa Senators power play continues to struggle at CTC

Senators forward Mike Hoffman. (Errol McGihon, Ottawa Sun)We’ll get to the suggestion of a Cory Clouston Curse momentarily.

For now, let’s look at the latest evidence of the Ottawa Senators’ woeful power-play production at Canadian Tire Centre.

Late Thursday night, a single power-play goal against the Detroit Red Wings would have turned Daniel Alfredsson’s sweater retirement party into a victory party for the 20,011 fans in the building.

The Senators came up empty on a 1:16 stretch with a 5-on-3 advantage during the second period, managing a single shot against Red Wings rookie goaltender Jared Coreau.

That was unacceptable, allowing the Red Wings to hang around long enough to deliver a 3-2…