Injured Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson won’t rule out playing in the playoffs if his team qualifies.
Ottawa Senators take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in NHL action at Scotiabank Place, March 23, 2013.
Robin Lehner is devoting some extra time to shootouts and other news and notes from the Senators.
Future generations will look back at this era and wonder. They’ll wonder how it was that a relatively sophisticated professional sport, one that supposedly cared about player safety, would not only allow big, strong players to crack each other in the skull with bare knuckles, it would encourage it.
The Senators were beaten in shootout by Montreal on Wednesday night, but increased their lead over the ninth-place Winnipeg Jets to four points in the standings.
When the strong-at-home Senators met the strong-on-the-road Bruins, something had to give.
The Senators poked the bear Monday and, after 65 minutes, the Bruins poked back.