Senators 3, Islanders 0: Season on fumes
Still fighting for something. | Getty Images The Islanders’ seasonlong power play failings came back to bit them in a big way as they suffered a near-fatal 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators at home Saturday afternoon. It was a terrible time to suffer just their second shutout of the season, but it was well deserved with a fumbling power play (0-for-5, just three shots and a shorthander conceded) and an offense that otherwise could not mount much threat.
The effort was there but the cohesion was not as the Isles allowed Linus Ullmark a 23-save shutout. The result puts the Senators right on the precipice of a playoff spot, while the Islanders’ chances are so narrow that now even the Capitals have an upper hand. [ NHL Gamecenter | Game Summary | Event Summary | Natural Stat Trick ] Brady Tkachuk and Anders Lee fought again at the opening draw, so whoopee for them.
The real turning point in the first period was a Ridly [sic] Greig [sic] shorthanded goal that followed a cascade of misplays. J-G Pageau’s drop pass in side the blueline was a flailer, Tony DeAngelo was oddly slow in entering the zone and — as he admitted in postgame — missed both puck and body, and then the backchecking Isles Pageau and Lee did not get enough of the men they pursued. Greig’s backhand slice was clever and just inside the post, but you’d like Ilya Sorokin to have that too.
Ridly Greig makes it 1-0 with a short-handed beauty!! #GoSensGo Wicked play by Amadio (Stone-lite). Ottawa's penalty kill turnaround needs to be discussed more.
pic. twitter. com/JGg0FMK5jg — Everyday Sens (@EverydaySens) April 11, 2026 If you stopped watching after that, you saved yourself much frustration.