Senators 4, Mammoth 2: Ottawa Wins Its Home Game

Ottawa took this one 4-2, and the scoreboard tells the story cleanly: the home side finished on top, and the Mammoth walked out with the loss. Four goals is a healthy total in any league, and it's the kind of result that makes a home crowd feel like the building did its job.

Two goals is not much to show for a trip to someone else's rink. The Mammoth needed more pressure to flip the outcome, and they never found the margin they needed. When a team leaves with two on the board, the questions write themselves: was the offense stuck in neutral, or did the other end simply refuse to crack?

The Senators didn't need a masterpiece. They needed to finish with more goals than the visitors, and they did. Credit them for the formula that wins most nights: get pucks through to the net, convert when it counts, and protect the result long enough for the final horn to do the rest.

The details of how the game unfolded will come out in the box score and the highlights. But the verdict is already in: Ottawa 4, Mammoth 2. Utah's crew has a loss to carry out of the building, and Ottawa gets to enjoy a clean home win.