For the first time in a long time, the Ottawa Senators are in a position to buy at the deadline. While it is no secret that they are after some forward depth, they haven’t alluded to who they might be looking at.
The Senators need Batherson, among other players, to return to form over their next 25 games as they seek a playoff berth.
Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson, who also got a last-minute call to play for the U.S. and didn’t skate Saturday morning, was in Ottawa’s lineup and scored the club’s opening goal on the power play in the first.