The Sens' record has them second in the Atlantic, but that really isn't telling the whole story.
As of this article being published, the Ottawa Senators sit second in the Atlantic Division with 17 points in 14 games. That record is good enough to put the team sixth in the conference. Only the Washington Capitals have played fewer games than the Sens in the conference, so the team's rank isn't even inflated by good teams having not played enough games to catch up. However, looking at the comments on this site, on Twitter, and on Facebook, you'd think the Sens were in big trouble.