Recap: Senators beat the Kraken

It's Retro Neon Night at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday! The Senators return home for the second night of a back-to-back to host the visiting Seattle Kraken after playing in Columbus. This will be the only time the Senators will see the Kraken at Canadian Tire Centre this season, and just the third time ever the Kraken are in town. Get your tickets here.

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Fans in attendance will get to experience a bevy of retro neon themed activations:

• The first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive neon wrist bands that they can rock all night long.
• Keep you eyes on the LED's all around Canadian Tire Centre, as they will be decked out to give a neon feel to the whole arena!
• Fun retro themed content can be seen on the jumbotron during the intermissions and tv timeouts.
• Stop by Gate One to experience the Sens 360° photo booth where you can get your own neon themed photo taken!
• And more!

Ahead of tonight's game D.J. Smith decided to inject Jacob Bernard-Docker into the line-up and has opted to run 11 forwards and seven defencemen. He mentioned that Bernard-Docker has had a strong showing on the penalty kill and that they could utilize that tonight.

The puck has dropped and Retro Neon Night is underway at Canadian Tire Centre:

Penalty: Jakob Chychrun is called for the first penalty of the night as is called for interference at the 6:21 mark of the first.

The Sens kill this penalty off and we're back to even strength.

Penalty: The Senators wll have their first chance on the power play as Marián Studenic is called for holding Tim Stützle at the 14:55 mark.

Goal: Mathieu Joseph breaks free in front of the net, shows off his stick handling and shows patience before popping one over Daccord's shoulder. 1-0 Sens

The first period comes to a close with the Sens holding a 1-0 lead.

Penalty: Sens regain the man advantage after Justin Schultz is called for interference on Tim Stützle at the 3:57 mark of the period.

Seattle kills off their second penalty of the game to keep it 1-0.

Penalty: Eeli Tolvanen is called for tripping Thomas Chabot with 10:15 left in the second. Sens back on the man advantage.

The Kraken escape from this one.

Goal: Drake Batherson takes the feed from Tim Stützle on the left side of the net and snaps it top shelf to double the Sens lead to 2-0.

The second period comes to an end with the Senators owning a two goal lead.

Penalty: *Ottawa is called for too many men on the ice at the 6:35 mark of the third. Seattle gets their second power play of the night.

The Sens kill off another penalty.

Penalty: *Dominik Kubalik is called for holding with 8:01 to play.

Sens walk away from another penalty unscathed.

Seattle pulls their goaltender but neither side is able to find the back of the net as the Senators skate to the finish with a 2-0 win.