On the very day their identity was questioned last week, the Ottawa Senators rediscovered it. They met as a group prior to their game in Raleigh against the prodigious Carolina Hurricanes then scratched and clawed their way to a 3-2 victory. Yes, they were outshot 49-20, and goaltender Anton Forsberg was the hero of the night, but the underlying theme was the work ethic and tenacity of the visitors, led by the line of Brady Tkachuk , Josh Norris and Drake Batherson . Head coach D.J. Smith said afterward his young first line “came of age” in that game, the outcome representing a small miracle in the American south, where the visitors arrived in the middle of the night following a game the night before at home, a 6-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, that was the low point of Ottawa’s season. Sometimes a bounceback begins with a thump on the basement floor. Such was the case with the Senators. They were embarrassed as a group to be sitting in last place overall while being called ou...