For the Edmonton Oilers , stumbling through their road trip with a dormant power play and an invisible offence, seeing the Ottawa Senators across the ice was like starving cats coming face to face with a room full of mice.

The Senators came in 31st in the NHL on the penalty kill at a woeful 60.9 per cent and are a train wreck defensively, surrendering a league-worst 30 goals against in their first six games.

To illustrate just how porous the Sens have been this year, they’ve allowed more goals than even the hopeless 1-6 Calgary Flames have.

And they were missing their heart and soul, captain Brady Tkachuk.

If the Oilers couldn’t win this one, it was time to start worrying.

Well, you might still want to worry because the mice made it closer than you’d expect, with Edmonton having t

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