This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Ottawa SenatorsOverall: 95 Title track: 112 Ownership: 114 Coaching: 95 Players: 72 Fan relations: 78 Affordability: 68 Stadium experience: 110 Bang for the buck: 53 Change from last year: -37For every step these Ottawa Senators take forward, they take -- you guessed it -- two more back. Two seasons ago, the Sens blazed through March, going 11-3-2 (as part of a longer 20-3-3 clip to end the year) ... then limped to a first-round exit in the playoffs ... then limped their way through most of 2015-16, too. Their place in our Ultimate Standings? It has followed suit. After a middle-of-the-pack No. 58 overall last year, Ottawa has crash-landed at No. 95 in 2016, its lowest mark since we started these rankings in 2003. O no, Canada.Whats goodFans dont love the Senators title hopes. Or their owners. Or their coaches, or their stadium experience. But they do love those reasonable prices. Ottawa failed to crack the top 50 in any category in 2016, but posted their most respectable scores in affordability and Bang for the Buck. Because even if that on-ice action is sub-par, the $67.82 it costs on average to get a ticket, parking and concessions at the Canadian Tire Centre is the best rate in the NHL -- and 23 percent lower than league average. And that $3.57 a hot dog will run you? Also a hockey low. Who says franks work best in a ballpark?Whats badBargain-basement deals aside, Ottawans dont really enjoy a night out at the Canadian Tire Centre (No. 110 in stadium experience) -- perhaps because they have little to no confidence in ever seeing their team hoist a Stanley Cup there (No. 112 in title track, worst in the NHL). The Senators reached the finals 10 years back, were promptly brushed aside 4-1 by Anaheim, then never made it closer than the semifinals in the decade since. Theyve carouseled through seven coaches in that time, their only real consistency a relentless inconsistency. And while first-year general manager Pierre Dorion optimistically concluded in August that there was no doubt in his mind the Senators are a playoff team, the fans fancy their chances less.Whats newIf the Ottawa fan base was lukewarm on Eugene Nobody is Safe Melnyk before (No. 77 last year), it finds him downright distasteful now, judging from a 37-spot drop in ownership this year. In March, Melnyk let loose his disdain for the Senators performance in the 2015-16 season, casting blame on everyone from ex-head man Dave Cameron (stupidity, he branded one of Camerons in-game decisions) to management, and vowed he was willing to throw out everything but the kitchen sink to get back to playoff contention. Melnyk, conveniently, did not point a finger at himself, but it seems everyone else is pointing at him anyway. 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Calgary scored on the first shift, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday. MINNEAPOLIS -- Akeem Springs came off the bench to score 19 points and Nate Mason added 18 for Minnesota, which came from behind in the second half and escaped with a 74-68 victory against NJIT on Tuesday night.Springs and Mason each hit four 3-pointers as Minnesota was 9 of 21 from beyond the arc. Freshman Amir Coffey added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Gophers (8-1), who have equaled their win total from last season.A back-and-forth affair saw 13 lead changes, but NJIT never led by more than three points before Minnesota used a 7-0 run to take a 65-61 lead.This is a scary time of year in the sense of, you know, you get a lot of home games, obviously the names are not as big as some of the other big ones, so youve got to get your guys to understand you can lose to anybody, Gophers coach Richard Pitino said. You see it every single night, and you try to tell your guys over and over again, and sometimes just feeling it is a nice wake up call.Rob Ukawuba led the Highlanders (5-5) with 18 points. NJIT committed just seven turnovers but shot 34.2 percent from the field and was 8 of 32 from 3.Were a program thats on the rise and were past moral victories, to be honest with you, Highlanders coach Brian Kennedy said. This is a game that hurts a lot to lose because we felt if we played the way we know were capable of playing, it was going to be a good game.BIG PICTURENJIT: The Highlanders continued to show they can hang with the Big Ten. Two years ago on the same day, NJIT went on the road and beat No. 17 Michigan. Earlier this season, the Highlanders went to Purdue and had the game within single digits in the final minutes before losing 79-68. NJIT averaged 61.1 per gaame and forced 16.dddddddddddd44 turnovers per game heading into Tuesday. Against Minnesota, the Highlanders shot 73 times and forced 14 turnovers.Minnesota: Pitino tried to beef up the nonconference portion of the schedule. After posting wins against St. Johns, Arkansas and on the road at Vanderbilt, the Gophers stumbled against the Highlanders, who entered the game 267th in the nation in the Ratings Percentage Index.KEY MATCHUPNJIT guard Damon Lynn entered the game as the active scoring leader in Division with 1,927 points. He had scored at least 20 in six of the teams first nine games.Mason took the brunt of the defensive responsibility and helped hold Lynn to 12 points on 5-of-24 shooting.Never really let him get an open look the whole night, Kennedy said of Mason. Damons had a great, great career for us. I wouldnt trade that kid for anybody in the country. He just had an off night shooting tonight.HE SAID ITI think tomorrows really going to help the team; seeing how we respond, seeing if were hungry, Springs said. We got hit in the mouth and its good for us. I think tomorrow is whats really going to see if we respond the way we should respond. If we come in hungry, and like coach says, if we work.UP NEXTNJIT: A road-heavy month continues for the Highlanders, who play at Kent State on Dec. 10. NJIT has just one home game in the month of December.Minnesota: Tuesdays game was the start of five straight nonconference games at home before the Gophers open the Big Ten at home against Michigan State. Minnesota hosts Georgia Southern on Dec. 9. ' ' '