So, on the one hand, it is a loss. On the other hand, it is a shoot-out loss, which means that the Senators kept one of the East's best teams to one goal in regulation and blanked OT. Coming off of two back-to-back, arguably blow-out losses to one of the East's worst teams, this is a step forward.
Or at least it will be if they can keep it up.
Ottawa needs to ensure that they keep this kind of work ethic up when playing lesser teams -- including (especially!) the upcoming game against
Toronto Montreal, and then again when the Rangers come back to Ottawa on the weekend.