Senators goalie Craig Anderson has friends on the Canadiens, but for these playoffs, they’re the opposition.
In the moments afterwards, Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean was positively giddy. Montreal Canadiens counterpart Michel Therrien looked like he had been hit by a truck.
If the Montreal Canadiens are focussed on targetting Ottawa Senators defenceman Eric Gryba in Tuesday’s Game 4, Senators centre Zack Smith says bring it on.
The Senators were beaten in shootout by Montreal on Wednesday night, but increased their lead over the ninth-place Winnipeg Jets to four points in the standings.
MONTREAL – Robin Lehner will make his third consecutive start in goal for the Ottawa Senators here Wednesday night as the Senators attempt to chip away at the gap between them and the Eastern Conference leading Montreal Canadiens.
Go figure, hockey experts.
The Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Canadiens are at Scotiabank Place Monday night, sporting a sparkling road record of 4-1-1, undefeated in their past three games away from Montreal. Meanwhile, the red-hot and injury-depleted Ottawa Senators, who have won four consecutive games and own a brilliant home record of 8-1-2, can pull into a tie with Montreal with a victory