THE Ottawa Senators dropped to 1-5-0 on the road this season with Tuesday’s 5-1 loss to the Buffalo swords.

The Senators have dominated at home with a 5-1-0 record, but sit at .500 due to their inability to find points away from the Canadian Tire Centre.

“It was a 2-1 game going into the third period and I didn’t think we played our best, but we were still in the game,” the Senators forward said. Josh Norris said after Tuesday’s loss, according to NHL.com. “Give up two quick ones and it’s 4-1 and we move on with the game.”

“We haven’t been great on the road and we need to find a way to start winning some games on the road.”

Tuesday’s game slipped away from the Senators early in the third period as Bowen Byram And Tage Thompson scored goals just 16 seconds apart in the first minute of the final period to give Buffalo a 4-1 lead. Ottawa outshot the Sabers 38-34, but was held 0-for-3 on the power play in the loss.

“They deserved to win,” Senators coach Travis Green said of the Sabres. “They played better than us, the special teams. We lost a special teams battle. I thought we weren’t strong enough with the puck at certain points in the game. Sometimes you get what you deserve, and we got it. We got what we deserved tonight.

The Senators have been outscored 22-15 on the road this season, compared to their opponents 28-16 at home.

The team will return to the comfort of home for Thursday’s match against New York Islanders before facing its Atlantic rivals in the Boston Bruins And Toronto Maple Leafs in their next two road games.