Meanwhile, amid all the valid complaints about Ottawa’s goaltending this season, goal scoring has now become a concern. The Senators have just five goals in their last three games, hardly the run support they’d like to give their scuffling 23-year-old goaltender, Leevi Meriläinen. With Linus Ullmark out on a leave of absence, Merilainen hasn’t yet been able to conjure up the magic we saw last season.
