Anaheim Ducks vs. Ottawa Senators

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Daylight saving has just ended and the first genuinely dark evening of the year always lands harder than anyone expects. Five o'clock feels like nine, the apartment feels small, and the instinct is to stay in it. A hockey building is the correct answer to that specific disorientation, because inside one the time of day stops existing entirely. Ottawa visits Anaheim early in the home schedule, which is the part of the season worth catching: nobody is out of the race yet, the lines are still being figured out, and players are trying things in November they will not risk in March. Senators fans are also scarce enough in Orange County that the handful who turn up tend to find each other by the second intermission. Honda Center sits off Katella, the arena the long-time season holders still call the Pond. First puck is at five on Sunday the first.