Matt Duchene scores first goal with Ottawa; Senators still lose sixth in a row
OTTAWA — The good news for the Ottawa Senators is that Matt Duchene collected his first point in eight games since being acquired from the Colorado Avalanche.
The bad news is they dropped their sixth straight game, falling 2-1 to the New York Islanders Saturday night.
“Nice to get the monkey off and it feels good (to score) but it doesn’t feel great because we didn’t get the result we wanted. We played a heck of a hockey game and we felt like we deserved better. We’re doing everything right except scoring,” said Duchene, who had four goals and 10 points in 14 games with Colorado.
Anders Lee and Jordan Eberle scored in the win, the third in a row and sixth in the past seven games for the Islanders (14-7-2), who got a 31-save performance from Jaroslav Halak.