Even the most unexpected joy ride can end suddenly, with a thud. So it was in Manhattan Thursday night when the plucky Ottawa Senators, contenders in this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series until the last drop of the puck, fell in seven games to the New York Rangers.
When the Ottawa Senators stepped onto the ice at Madison Square Garden on Thursday morning it had just been flooded, and the remaining blobs of water were bright liquid mirrors for the spotlights above.
When Paul MacLean took over as coach of the Ottawa Senators, he didn’t think Erik Karlsson had it in him to be a Norris Trophy candidate.
Hundreds of Canadian New Yorkers are expected to watch the last Canadian hockey team standing Thursday, just blocks away from the site of game seven between the Ottawa Senators and the New York Rangers.
The Ottawa Senators take on the New York Rangers in Game 7 of their quarterfinal series. Which team will come out on top? Our prediction panel weighs in.
Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean hinted he could make some lineup changes for tonight’s seventh game against the New York Rangers.
Ottawa Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson, who led all defenceman in scoring and finished 11th overall, is one of the three finalists for the Norris Trophy, given to the league’s top defenceman.