{"id":5436,"date":"2019-01-05T05:43:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T05:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=5436"},"modified":"2019-01-05T05:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T05:43:55","slug":"senators-fall-short-in-loss-to-minnesota-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/senators-fall-short-in-loss-to-minnesota-wild","title":{"rendered":"Senators Fall Short in loss to Minnesota Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minnesota Wilds Jared Spurgeon receives congratulations after scoring his second goal of the afternoon against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday<\/p><\/div>\n

The Ottawa Senators came out strong as they visited Minnesota, and again, fell short after succumbing to the Minnesota Wild 4-3.<\/p>\n

Ottawa continues to struggle with their loss to the Minnesota Wild<\/a> being their seventh consecutive and with it the Sens drop to the bottom of the Atlantic Division and last place overall in the league. Matt Duchene, who plays center for the Sens stated that Ottawa left behind what helps them win games in the second period adding,<\/p>\n

“We weren’t playing bad, but we weren’t playing the way we were and they get three goals and obviously two of them are kind of fluky, but that’s just the way it’s going right now.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Minnesota\u2019s Zack Praise scored one goal and earned two assists, Jordon Greenway also scored one goal and Jared Spurgeon scored twice. Earning assists for the Wild were Charlie Coyle, Mikael Granlund, and Eric Staal.<\/p>\n

The only good news for the Ottawa Senators<\/a> is that Jean-Gabriel Pageau will join the team after recovering from a torn Achilles suffered during training camp. Mark Stone and Ryan Dzingel each scored for Ottawa and Cody Ceci, Dylan DeMelo, Bobby Ryan, Zack Smith and Christian Wolanin earned assists. Anders Nilsson, who made his Senators debut, had 22 saves commented that,<\/p>\n

“It’s always good to get the first game, but obviously I would have hoped for a better result. There’s nothing I can do about it now, it’s just turn the page and it’s a new day tomorrow and a new game.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sportsnet<\/strong><\/p>\n