Erik Karlsson looked like he hadn’t missed any time at all in his return from Achilles tendon surgery on Thursday night.
Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has always had a knack for sarcasm and it was in full display Wednesday, when asked about the re-shuffling of the forward lines.
“Well, just a little bit,” said Alfredsson.
After blowing another opportunity to make life easy for themselves on Monday – dropping a 3-1 decision to a severely undermanned Pittsburgh Penguins squad — the Senators have created the oddest of circumstances over the next few days.
Revenge proved to be tricky for the Senators on Monday night and victory was equally as elusive.
Whenever Erik Karlsson returns to the Ottawa Senators’ lineup, the team can only hope he finds his old form on the blue-line as quickly as Jared Cowen has rediscovered his place following his surprisingly early return from surgery.
If Jean-Gabriel Pageau wasn’t holding the puck in his hands, he might well have pinched himself.
The smile was peeking out from underneath Paul MacLean’s mustache.