"It's a lot easier to put those away than it is losing 1-0," Anderson said. "It's one of those days you look forward and move on and get ready for the next one. We're all human. We all have bad days. [Sunday] was a bad day for all of us."
The Senators are drawing on their previous experience bouncing back during the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They lost Game 3 and 4 against the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Second Round but won the next two and clinched the series in six games.
"We've played good games, we've played bad games," Anderson said. "I think in games past or series past we've always responded in the right way. We're looking for a good response from us and playing the way we're capable of playing and don't deviate away from what's had success for us."
Senators coach Guy Boucher said he thinks his players understand how they got away from their game plan and the way they have to play to give themselves a chance to win Game 6.
"I think our players have recognized themselves, we got a little overexcited here and maybe we were trying to recreate [Game 3] where we scored four goals right off the bat," Boucher said. "And the game right after that we could have had two, three goals right away the first 10, 12 minutes. So I think that approach has not served us very well this year at all. [Game 3] it worked out that we scored, but those are anomalies, just like the game we just played there. That's a total anomaly for us.
"So we can't be scared of living that again, and we can't be hoping to give it to the opponent like that again because that's exactly how we feel we're going to get lost and not be ourselves and not even give ourselves a chance."