Senators need to work on defence despite 5-4 overtime win over Maple Leafs
OTTAWA — New Ottawa Senators head coach Guy Boucher has been telling everyone that his team is going to be solid defensively, more so than they were last season.
Judging from Ottawa’s 5-4 overtime win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night, there’s still some work to do. The Senators surrendered 38 shots and all four goals allowed were from Auston Matthews in his NHL debut.
“I don’t think there was a lack of effort. We know there’s a process and it’s going to take time,” Boucher said.”The second period we killed ourselves with penalties. I really like how we were in the third period compared with the other two periods because it was all about playing hard and being patient.”
The Senators took four minor penalties in the second period but managed to kill them all. The Leafs were 0 for 4 overall on the power play.