It was great seeing the Senators rebound after the loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. I have to admit two things: the Canes game pissed me off for a few reason, and the Rangers game was pretty boring.

Let's start with the first. It was scary to see a bad goal scored against Curtis McElhinney, because it was a reminder of things we thought past: easy goals against a slew of goalies from Patrick Lalime all the way to Brian Elliott. That first goal put some wind in the Canes sails and they never looked back. I was incensed at the refereeing in the latter part of the third period where Carolina got away with no less than three infractions in a few minutes. Had all three of these been caught, the results may have been totally different.

There, that's out. I'd been stewing on that since Tuesday.

Now the boring Rangers game. That game is what Cory Clouston would call a near perfect game. When the Sens play the Clouston system, the defense is tight and and the offense waits for opportunities. The Senators played exactly that for most of the game. That is until the Rangers pushed hard in the third, and then it was Neo Anderson to the rescue once again. Damn, but he's sharp. And the Sens D got kudos from Neo himself for clearing any garbage he left behind.

Exciting was the shoot-out. With some good goaltending, it's now fun to watch a Sens shoot-out. When Neo faces Henrik Lunqvist, well... Kudos to Erik Karlsson for a lovely game winning shot. Also much kudos to Ryan Shannon who has been very impressive of late. He's UFA at the end of the season and we could do worse than to keep him. More hats off to Filip Kuba who put some serious offensive together, and Colin Greening for reminding everyone that a shot on goal is always a good option.

Neo's numbers

GO SENS GO!!