Guy Boucher didn't sound overly optimistic about his trio of forwards that suffered injuries in Sunday's loss to the Winnipeg Jets.

Mike Hoffman, Mark Stone, and Tommy Wingels were all forced to exit the game.

"Right now it looks like a disaster, but we'll see tomorrow," the Ottawa Senators head coach told reporters including TSN's Steve Lloyd.

Hoffman left late in the first period with what the team would only dub a "lower-body" injury.

Stone was the recipient of a third-period head shot from Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba, and Wingels departed the Senators' bench shortly thereafter, leaving Ottawa with only eight forwards because it started the game with 11.

"We've lost another bunch of guys," Boucher added, according to Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch. "I felt like there was nobody on our bench."

The Senators were already short-staffed up front with the injury to Bobby Ryan, who was ruled out indefinitely before Sunday's game after taking a shot off his hand in Saturday's win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Ottawa's injury woes come at a particularly inopportune time as the club is about to embark on a four-game road trip that begins Tuesday night in New Jersey.

Sunday's loss prevented the Senators from tying the Montreal Canadiens' point total atop the Atlantic Division, but they still have two games in hand.

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