\u0022Top defenceman Thomas Chabot took a short twirl during the morning skate Tuesday and then left the ice immediately.\u0022
The expectation was Nick Holden and Derick Brassard would suit up against Edmonton along with centre Patrick Brown. All three were scratched in Calgary because Smith wanted to make changes after the club’s 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
While top centre Josh Norris has essentially been gone all year, the Senators are now without both of their top goalies. First, Anton Forsberg left in mid-February after injuring both of his MCLs and then Cam Talbot was sent home from the trip last week with an oblique injury.Article content While the 22-year-old Sogaard has a 5-2-1 record in eight games, his numbers aren’t that good, and they’ll have to improve for the club to have a sniff of the playoffs. In his three starts on this trip, he has a 1-2-0 record with an .843 save percentage and a 4.36 goals-against average.Article content
Only nine days ago, the Senators started the five-game road in Chicago riding a five-game winning streak amid boundless optimism the club could make a push for one of the final two playoff spots in the Eastern Conference.Senators had suddenly lost three of their last four as they prepared to face the Oilers. The club sat six points behind the New York Islanders for the final wildcard spot in the East but had three teams to pass.
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