Senators blow two-goal lead, lose 4-3 to the Bruins

We’re having a tough time getting the O, the D and the goaltending to have an overall solid game. Seems when we score 4 our D isn’t where it needs to be…and vice versa.
That’s a terrible goal by 41…tipped or not by Carkner’s stick.
We’d better turn this thing around soon or our 8 point cushion will be a 2 point deficit in a hurry.

We weren’t getting many calls because there was a perception (right or wrong) that we chirped the refs to much, once that settled down things went back to normal. I like that MacLean stood up for Karlsson, because I don’t think you want your star to be labelled something negative (especially because he is not a diver), but that public calling out has not worked out. It problem doesn’t help that we’ve had the same officials a few times in the last five games (which seems a little weird).
I generally think that NHL referees are crap and willingly miss calls all the time. I think other factors also contributed to the loss. But the Bruins don’t play within the rules and are not a clean team nor did they play penalty free hockey. I just want the poor quality of officiating to be consistently applied to both teams.

Left when the game was 2-1 and thought the Sens might finally get a rare win against Boston. Sad to see it collapse on some pretty weak goals.

And I only caught the third period of the game, but anyone who thought that period was called fairly is either blind or a shameless Bruins fan. Absolutely brutal officiating.

… based on one unfortunate problem. It’s so awesome, though, that I had to re-post it with that unfortunate part removed. Courtesy of The Dutch Treat:

"I’m not enjoying hockey anymore…

…and it’s because of the sinking feeling that regardless of how the Senators play, the referees are going to do their damndest to find a way to influence the outcome of the game. As soon as I saw "O’Rourke" on the ref card, I knew we were going to get f###### [content deleted].

Lo and behold, it came to fruition. Yes, that was the flukiest of flukey game-winners, one Anderson would definitely want back, but the call on Seguin that led to the tying goal and the number of missed calls, was infuriating. Mount Maclean exploding at the end was the only satisfaction I took from the game. You know it’s bad when the "King of the homers" Jack Edwards is sympathizing with you.

Also, this team’s biggest weakness? The defense is softer than a basket of kittens. On the first goal, no one steps into Chara’s lane and Cowan leaps away from the shot instead of clearing Lucic?!? On the third goal, Phillips (who’s career decline continues at an alarming rate…three more years…yay) let’s a 5’8 Marchand out-muscle him to a goal!?! Where is the grit and temerity on the back-end. This group doesn’t scare anyone. The Senators desperately need a "Volchenkov"-type player in the backend and fast. They need someone who makes people think twice before entering our zone. Think about it. Who on our defense actually HITS? Until we get some beef back there that throws the body around, teams like Boston will be able to get garbage goals in front of the net."