The Ottawa Senators have begun November cold with having a 1-3-0 record. The team fell to 6-7-0 on the season after Thursday night's 4-2 loss at home against the New York Islanders.
As the team heads to Beantown to take on the Boston Bruins, the Senators are in desperate need of turning around their road struggles. The Senators have a 1-5-0 road record this season, and are headed to a tough environment to win a road game.
Senators bring their road struggles to Beantown to take on Bruins
The Senators travel to TD Garden to take on the Bruins with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. Tonight's game will be an emotional one for Linus Ullmark with him returning to Boston after his career was saved for the past three seasons.
Thursday's game for the Senators against the Islanders went rough as the Senators trailed 3-0 at one point in the third period. While Nick Jensen and Drake Batherson scored to make it a 3-2 game, it was too little too late for the Senators.
The Senators have gone cold in November with only scoring seven goals in four games, and the team needs to turn it around desperately to prevent another slow start to the season that could be too deep to get out of.
As for the Bruins, they enter tonight's game with a 7-7-1 record. The Bruins are hot with winning three of their last four games with the most recent being a 4-3 overtime win on Thursday night against the Calgary Flames.
David Pastrnak is at it again for the Bruins with leading the team in goals with six, tied for the most assists on the team with seven, and having the most points on the team with 13. However, other than Brad Marchand's 11 points, no other Bruin has more than 10 points this season.
Tonight is the first time the Senators are Bruins are playing since the blockbuster trade in June that sent Ullmark to the Bruins. Mark Kastelic, who was acquired by the Bruins along with Joonas Korpisalo from the Senators, has fit well in Boston with recording seven points. Tonight is a huge game for both teams with the Bruins having a three-point edge on the Senators in the Eastern Conference standings.