This year’s Ottawa Senators might be the worst defensive team in recent NHL history.
Going into Saturday’s tilt against the San Jose Sharks, Ottawa had allowed a league-worst 4.12 goals against per game. For some perspective, the last time that a team gave up more than four goals against per game was the 1995-96 Sharks (4.35).
Yesterday afternoon, today’s Sharks turned back the clock to the Jim Wiley era in a 6-2 loss to the Senators.
Where do we start?
Yielding a 3-on-1 on the penalty kill? Surrendering an open scoring lane to a blueliner — Ben Harpur — who last scored more than five goals in a season in midget?