Senators goalie Craig Anderson has friends on the Canadiens, but for these playoffs, they’re the opposition.
University students have some sense of what the Senators have experienced this week
The Sens picked up a big win over Carolina on Tuesday to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Several key players and Senators head coach Paul MacLean talk about the need to keep up the presssure and stick to their game plan to prevail against the determined New York Rangers, and to be prepared to do it without Daniel Alfredsson.
The Ottawa Senators head into tonight’s fourth game down 2-1 in their best-of-seven series. With the likely absence of Daniel Alfredsson for the second straight game, the team is probably looking for its own hero to match the New York Rangers’ scoring hotshot Brian Boyle.
Senators general manager Bryan Murray wants the team to free up some space for Erik Karlsson, Ottawa’s Norris Trophy candidate and offensive trigger who was held off the scoresheet and targeted physically by the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the opening playoff series.