Following Tuesday night's loss in St. Louis, the Sens met with the media post-game and addressed the team's current situation.
"It's frustrating for the people watching, it's frustrating for the media and it's even more frustrating for us," said Mark Borowiecki after dropping a 3-0 decision to the Blues. "We don't know why it's happening because if we did it'd be a lot easier to fix."
Since returning from their bye week, the Sens have lost four games in a row and are once again searching for answers to end another rough patch this season.
"When things aren't going the way you want to you still have to come to work and you have to battle," said Craig Anderson. "We have to come to work, put on our work boots and if it's not good enough that night we have to make sure that our work ethic is good enough so that we can look at ourselves in the mirror and know that we left everything out there."
With 36 games remaining on their schedule, there is still plenty of hockey left to be played this season.
"We know that there's a long way to go left in the season and it's tough right now for everyone," said Erik Karlsson on the mounting losses. "We step out there and can't seem to get anything going."
The team's veterans are the first to admit that something needs to change and they'll have another opportunity to start righting the ship tonight against the Bruins.
"It's such a long, arduous season that even at the best of times it wears on you mentally and physically," said Borowiecki. "The message is clear: we need to own this. We have to take ownership of our situation and we need to do what needs to be done to change it."