Senators lose Battle of Ontario in thriller shootout, young core chalks up experience

Most analysts have already written off Ottawa’s playoff hopes. Would someone like to tell the Ottawa Senators, please? After playing Thursday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche to the hilt, the Sens took on the provincial rival Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night and fought to the bitter end, which in this case was the ninth shootout round. “Another night when I thought we deserved to win,” said Senators captain Brady Tkachuk, who did everything in his power to make it …