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Silver Seven — Photo by Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via After a lengthy roadtrip, it’s a rematch against a familiar foe After five games (1-4-0) and ~10 days on the road, the Sens return to the CTC looking for an elusive victory against the boys from beantown. Despite losing the first two meetings, Ottawa has had the advantage against Boston in terms of shot volume and quality in those games to the tune of a 52.44 SVA CF% and 55.74 SVA xGF% according to naturalstattrick. Ottawa has not gotten any of the bounces so far as they have shot at

Silver Seven — Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Anthony Duclair scored two goals in the losing effort There’s been a trend developing with the Ottawa Senators recently. No, I’m not talking about their stretch of disappointing results, now at 1-6-0 in their last seven games thanks to today’s 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Rather, I’m looking at how competitive the Sens have been in those games. With the exception of the 7-2 loss to the Wild, they were legitimately “right there” in each of their recent losses. Did they deserve to lose those games, albeit not by much? Probably. However,...

Silver Seven — Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports Sens road trip continues in the City of Brotherly Love. With big roster moves announced in the past couple of days, in addition to an ongoing situation with defenceman Nikita Zaitsev, the unsettled Ottawa Senators arrive in Philadelphia as a team in fluctuation. At practice yesterday, here’s how D.J. Smith’s group lined up: Tkachuk - Pageau - C. BrownNamestnikov - Tierney - EnnisDuclair - Anisimov - WhiteBeaudin - L. Brown - DavidssonChabot - HainseyBorowiecki - ZaitsevLajoie - DeMeloAnderson (starter)Nilsson Here’s what we can expect from the...