Ottawa’s take

Since last night’s game fell into the somewhat wild category, here’s the take from the other team’s media. This is the opening of the Ottawa Citizen story on last night’s 5-4 OT win by the Senators:

How bad was the goaltending in the Ottawa Senators’ 5-4 overtime victory over the Dallas Stars at Scotiabank Place last night?

Calling it a little shaky would be like saying it was a little cold outside the arena.

Consider this: Ottawa starter Martin Gerber played one of his worst games of the season, allowing a series of pillow-soft goals that should have been routine stops.

The goaltender’s biggest contribution of the night was on offence (he picked up an assist in the second period).

And he got the win.

At the other end, the Senators’ anemic offence suddenly became electric, if only because Dallas starter Marty Turco lived up to his 42nd-ranked goals-against average heading into the game (3.28). He personally helped the Senators bust out of a plethora of scoring slumps.

Defenceman Jason Smith’s overtime winner was his first goal in 30 games as an Ottawa Senator. Antoine Vermette snapped a 19-game drought, while Jason Spezza scored his first goal in five games.

The rest of the story is here

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