Chris and Rich discuss the playoff hopes of the Boston Celtics. Boston should have the edge. The Senators beat the Bruins all four times they played, three times in regulation.
In 2016-17, the Senators had a negative goal differentail. Had the Leafs gotten just a point there, they would have been the third-place and faced Ottawa, forcing the Bruins to take on the Presidents' Trophy-winning Washington Capitals.
The Ottawa Senators social media team had a night to forget on Wednesday.
The Senators improved by 13 points from last season to grab home-ice advantage with three more points than the Bruins. He can be heard on the Saturday Skate program on 93.7 WEEI (Boston), can also be found in the New England Hockey Journal magazine, and has been part of the Boston Chapter of the PHWA since 2013.
The Bruins were a team a couple months ago that no one expected to make a run, and now they have a legitimate shot to make it to the conference semifinals. But, who knows? Maybe Brad Marchand gets confused and accidentally slewfoots Patrice Bergeron.
Don't sleep on the Boston Bruins! Now, some say David Krejci and Domininc Moore may be out. The team went 18-8-1 under new head coach Bruce Cassidy down the stretch to avoid the Wild Card. While Ottawa had to have viewed McAvoy as an area to target going into Wednesday night, it soon learned the rookie can compete at the highest level.
Sean Kuraly, Colin Miller, Riley Nash, Tim Schaller and Ryan Spooner also saw their first Cup action.
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Rookie Charlie McAvoy will likely be paired with Zdeno Chara as the top defensive pairing for his first National Hockey League action as the two were paired in practice. The United States doesn't win the World Juniors and Boston University doesn't make it out of the first round of the NCAA tournament without him. Still, the prospects are bright for what the 19-year-old can do.
"It's just about realizing where you are, taking it all in. I'm very thankful for my time spent there".
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"He went out and wasn't feeling great so he left the ice which leads me to believe, that again he's day-to-day as well, but we're preparing to put Joe in there right now", said Cassidy.
Methot doesn't anticipate wearing a different glove should he play, but expects he would require some freezing.
"Z's at least played with [Adam] McQuaid. When there's no play, that puck has got to be out of our zone harder than we did yesterday". "I think everyone kind of realizes how lucky you are to be in the playoffs every year".
"I think really we just didn't play well enough to our strengths", said defenceman Dion Phaneuf.
Boston edged Ottawa, 2-1, in Game 1, which was owned by two solid goaltending performances - specifically Boston's Tuukka Rask. Playing a more well-rounded game, however, has worked well for Krug who now sits as a solidified piece in the Bruins defense. His.936 mark sits behind only Braden Holtby (.939) and well above the likes of Carey Price (.916).
The big piece of this series will be how the Bruins perform in Ottawa before headed back to the TD Garden in Boston.
Rask will be looking to carry his playoff push momentum into this series.
The game remained tied until the final minutes.
The Senators had their defensive system working to perfection in the second period, when they outshot the Bruins 12-0 and scored the game's first goal.
The Ottawa Senators coach then smiled slightly, knowing he'd shown the media that they weren't going to be able to trick him into giving away lineup decisions.
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