Lazy

Well, the win streak is over.  Sens gave up way too many odd-man rushes to Carolina and Gerber wasn't great. Ward looked strong early and the 'Canes never trailed this one. I thought the Sens might come out a little flat playing back-to-back nights, but that wasn't really the case. If anything they were a little too aggressive, with the defense pinching and carrying the puck a lot. I think they played too wide open and got burned. I am more bummed about them also breaking the perfect penalty kill streak. On the positive side, McGratton had quite a few minutes above normal and he played pretty well.  The best part of the game was McGratton leading a 2-on-1.  That's when you know things aren't quite right in Senatorland. Some new line combinations were tried late in the game to get things going. Fisher lead a two goal comeback late in the third, to cut the lead to 1, but Carolina iced it with an empty netter.