Senators' back-to-back playoff losses signal troubling trend

The Ottawa Senators' series lead over the New York Rangers is nothing but a memory.

Back on Broadway for Game 4 on Thursday night, the Sens were overpowered to the tune of a second consecutive 4-1 loss that evened the series at 2-2.

If laying back-to-back eggs in New York wasn't already cause for concern, consecutive losses in a playoff series have been a historically troublesome trend for the Senators.

Losing consecutive games within a series has happened to the Sens 15 previous times. They are 0-15 in those series.

- Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) May 5, 2017

Uh oh.

Since Jean-Gabriel Pageau's heroic four-goal performance in Game 2, Ottawa has been outshot 60-50, and outscored 8-2.

Game 5 is slated for Saturday afternoon at the Canadian Tire Centre.

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