While Daniel Alfredsson and his family were walking the red carpet in Toronto, the Ottawa Senators were getting down to business in Kanata, hosting the New York Islanders for yet another game where “must win” has to be in the back of your mind.
It wouldn’t be a Sens game, of course, without some incredibly questionable officiating and tonight was no different. Austin Watson was called for an illegal check in the first period, which was definitely a penalty, and it led to the Islanders opening the scoring. The problem is, this call happened shortly after this hit on Shane Pinto which was, somehow, some way, not called.