Tampa Bay Downs Sens 2-1 in O.T

“Lemme just try to squeeze that in there”Of late, the Ottawa Senators have succeeded on the back of a Hart-worthy performance from Erik Karlsson, as well as Vezina-worthy work from Craig Anderson. When you have some of the best players in the game at their respective positions, and those players are playing at the apex of their abilities, you are going to win more than your share of games. However, over the course of an 82 game season, a good team will occasionally need to win games it doesn’t necessarily deserve to win. A good team will also, every so often, require that a member of the supporting cast reach far beyond their abilities and star in a winning effort. Alas, tonight was not one of those wins as the Sens fell 2-1 in overtime to the Tampa Bay Lightning. But this game would not have even reached overtime were it not for a goal from Tommy Wingels and a stellar performance from Mike Condon.

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