We were so close to an all-time sens’ing.
It was no secret that the Sens have been dealing with an… interesting illness lately, with Chabot and Zaitsev having missed the last game and yesterday’s practice having been canceled as the flu spread through the team. D.J. Smith warned that a lot of guys were not at 100%, and against the two-time defending cup champs, this had the potential to be an incredibly weird game.
And it was, in many ways. It just wasn’t the kind of weird that ended with the Sens completely embarrassing their opponent.