The Ottawa Senators closed out October strong with an 8-1 home win on Tuesday night against the St. Louis Blues. As November arrived, the Senators hit the road to play the New York Rangers in New York City.
The Senators entered tonight's game struggling with losing six of their last nine games against the Rangers. With a new season, the Senators were eager to turn the tables against the Rangers, but couldn't catch an offensive break.
The Rangers defeated the Senators 2-0 at Madison Square Garden to drop the Senators to 5-5-0 on the season and make the Senators road record worse at 1-4-0.
Playing against the Rangers on the road offered a good test for the Senators to compete against one of the most elite teams on the road in a tough atmosphere. However, nothing went right at all for the Senators as the road struggles continued.
2. Goaltending appears to be back
Linus Ullmark made 26 saves in the Senators' win on Tuesday night against the Blues. After two days of rest, Ullmark would get his second consecutive start against one of the best offenses in the NHL.
Ullmark started the game off slow when Artemi Panarin scored 3:03 into the game. After Panarin's goal, Ullmark settled in and kept it a one-goal game.
That was until Alexis Lafreniere scored a powerplay just under three minutes into the third period. After Lafreniere's goal, Ullmark didn't allow in another goal and finished making 16 saves.
The Senators had every right to be concerned about Ullmark when he allowed in four goals in the Senators' second game of the season on Oct. 12 after a strong Senators debut. Now with allowing in three goals in the past two games, Ullmark appears to be right on track to showing why he is a top goaltender in the NHL.