Ottawa Senators ups and downs

Ups and downs is a feature that looks at the individual performances of the Senators for the past week. The Senators only played two games this week, a scheduling quirk we can't begin to explain. Thanksgiving (in the United States, where most NHL teams are located) came at

The best week of the season for the Ottawa Senators will naturally correspond with a more-than-usual number of green arrows. With a perfect 3-0 week, including solid intra-divisional wins over the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens plus a good one against the New York Islanders, the Senators have climbed

All right, maybe one Halloween gimmick: The Senators were like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this week as they capped off their first winning streak of the year with a hammering at the hands of the Boston Bruins -- exactly one week after a hammering at the hands of the

After eight games in the season, the Ottawa Senators are sitting at a measly 2-5-1 record. Those five points have them at 14th in the Eastern Conference. The good news: They are only four points back from the Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs. The bad news: They're not playing

The Ottawa Senators enter the third week of their NHL season with a 1-3-1 record, good for three points and thirteenth in the Eastern Conference above only Buffalo and New Jersey. Who would have thought those would be the bottom two teams, huh? Anyway, that tells us not to get

New year, new ups and downs! You may or may not have heard, but the team has struggled at the start of the year, going 0-2-0 in two games. In doing so, they have shown the effort level of slugs, and as such have some fans quite worried. As Peter