from Wayne Scanlan of Sportsnet,

...in Vancouver, the Senators were playing out a familiar scene. An ugly, ugly loss by falling behind 5-0 in the first period before salvaging a bit of pride in a 6-3 defeat at the hands of the surging Canucks.

When you have lost 19 of 33 games, the losses are bound to come in a variety of ways.

And so their fans have seen the Senators blow leads with second period meltdowns, start slowly and then wake up; lose by goaltenders letting in beach balls at critical times. Pretty much every possible way.

This one was kind of classic – falling apart after allowing a quick early goal on a long shot by the Canucks’ Ian Cole that goaltender Anton Forsberg could not pick up.

Oh, and this. The rapid-fire goals allowed. In a stretch of one minute, 19 seconds, from 16:34 to 17:53 of the first period, Ottawa gave up three goals, two of them to Elias Pettersson.

Say goodnight. In fact, a lot of fans in the Eastern Time Zone did just that. Said goodnight and shut off their TVs.

Forsberg allowed four goals on 13 shots before getting hooked.

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