The 32-year-old Ullmark told reporters in Chicago that the Senators didn’t play the way they needed to win after scoring a 7-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday on the road and a 7-2 decision over the Boston Bruins on Monday at home.

The Bruins started out with the lead on Monday. Morgan Geekie stopped the puck at the offensive blueline and dashed toward the net, lasering one past Leevi Meriläinen to make it 1-0 at 3:06. It was the forward’s fifth goal in four games and seventh of the season.

The Senators cannot continue to save just 87.84 percent of the five-on-five shots. The hope is that over time, that figure will normalize. Linus Ullmark has never had a season in which his five-on-five save percentage has been below 91.30, so it is reasonable to assume that the 88.55 mark that he is currently sporting should improve.

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Drake Batherson and Tim Stutzle each had two goals and an assist to lead the Ottawa Senators over the Boston Bruins 7-2 on Monday night for their third straight win.

The Ottawa Senators run into the Alex Ovechkin show on Saturday night with a road game in Washington against the Capitals. While last season was all about his ferocious and successful assault on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record (894), Ovechkin remains poised to knock over a couple of more major milestones versus the Senators on Saturday.

The Ottawa Senators started the season with multiple games where they lost after giving up six or more goals. Now, several weeks into the season, they’ve decide

The Ottawa Senators received an important reminder in their last outing of how quickly fortunes can change in the NHL. The Senators can prove they learned their lesson when hosting the Calgary Flames on Thursday.