Sometimes teams need to hit rock\u002Dbottom to climb back to respectability.
The Senators did nothing to spoil the party Saturday night in front of a packed house of 20,034 at home with a 5-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. That capped off a weekend which started with a thrilling 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night at Scotiabank Arena.“You want to start putting wins together. To be able to do it back-to-back against two rival teams is great and the way we did it in front of our fans is awesome.
“The league can turn so quickly,” Smith said. “Where we were seven days ago after that loss to Winnipeg as to where we’re feeling today is night and day. We’re playing with a lot more confidence, we’ve got the puck a lot more and it’s great to beat two rivals but wins are wins and you’ve got to get points. The big thing is you want your team to play well and have confidence, and right now we have confidence.
This group has shown in short order that it will not throw in the towel. Smith and his staff have done an excellent job rallying the troops to get their game back together. It would have been easy to call this season a write-off, but the Senators have refused to throw in the towel. Moving Mathieu Joseph’s speed to the top line with Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk has changed the look of that unit while winger Drake Batherson has fit well with Shane Pinto and veteran Derick Brassard.Article content
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