Sens Rookie Stymies Penguins, 2-1

Our season is hanging in the balance.That was my thought last night as I watched our Penguins gamely attempt to kill off a late hooking penalty to Chad Ruhwedel.

On cue, Ryan Poehling broke his stick and Bryan Rust was incapacitated after blocking a shot. With visiting Ottawa essentially working on a 5-on-2, Brady Tkachuk zipped a sharp-angle pass to Drake Batherson on the doorstep. Batherson slipped the rubber past and through Brian Dumoulin and Tristan Jarry for the game winner.

The goal seemed to typify the very nature of what’s become a decidedly star-crossed season. Indeed, whatever can go wrong has gone wrong for our boys. It’s as if the hockey gods have turned a collective thumbs down…