Five Games That Derailed The Ottawa Senators’ Season

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#4 – Game 62  Edmonton Oilers 3, Ottawa Senators 2 & Game 63 – Calgary Flames 4, Ottawa Senators 1

Mar 5, 2014; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson (41) makes a save as Calgary Flames right wing Brian McGrattan (16) tries to score during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary Flames won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports

I have combined these two games, because they were back to back and really put the first nail in the coffin of the Senators.  Fresh off a big win in the Heritage Classic in Vancouver, the Senators went to Alberta with a real chance to move back into a playoff spot and gain some late season momentum against a pair of bottom dwellers.  Instead, Ales Hemsky crushed them in the first half the night before becoming a Senator, and then with their new acquisition in the lineup they laid an egg and lost to Joni Ortio and the Calgary Flames to go 0-for-Alberta and the realization that a playoff spot might not be forthcoming.