Ottawa Senators Face Elimination, Game Four Looms

0:00It's April 24th. This is NHL News Today, powered by AI, your team, your update. Ottawa Senators are staring down a elimination, trailing the Carolina Hurricanes three games to nothing in their first round playoff series. They're hosting Game 4 Saturday at 3 p.m. Eastern Time at Canadian Tire Center, but without their top two defensemen, Jake Sanderson and Artem, Zub, the climb looks brutal. Sanderson took a head hit from Carolina's Taylor Hall in Game 3, leading to a concussion that's side-mining him. He logged huge minutes this season, with 54 points in 67 games. Zub's been out since an early injury in Game 1, leaving big gaps on the blue line after they paired up all year. Players and coach Travis Green are preaching next-man up mentality, saying they've rotated through 12 defensemen since the Olympic break and faced. Plenty of adversity, veterans like Claude Giroux stressed getting back to the form that earned them the second wild card spot in the East. The power play has been ice-coated as 0 for 12 in the series, costing momentum and

1:03leaking into even strength play, especially after failing to. Score on a 5 on 3 in Game 3. Meanwhile, goalie-linus O-Marx, been lights out with a 0.933, save percentage holding the minute. If they sparked that offense and lean on O-Marx hot streak, this series could extend like last year's push against Toronto. Focus stays on winning one game at a time, to keep the dream alive.