The Pittsburgh Penguins are taking nothing for granted where the Ottawa Senators are concerned.
The lower seeds have all the fun.
Meet hockey’s Defiant Ones. Among other things, the Ottawa Senators defy logic. They finished 27th in NHL scoring, and yet outscored the favoured Montreal Canadiens 20-9 in a five-game series.
In the end, Paul MacLean’s true respect for the Montreal Canadiens came a-gushing.
After the Senators had a strong response to the Canadiens on the ice, Senators head coach Paul MacLean had firm words about Michel Therrien’s accusations that a late timeout in a 6-1 game was “humiliating” to the Habs.
When Jared Tinordi’s skate flew up and caught goaltender Carey Price in the mouth, the Canadiens’ goaltender calmly skated over to the players bench and handed a pair of chipped teeth to his trainer. Then he skated back to the crease. This was in Game 2 of the quarterfinal series between the Canadiens in Senators. [...]
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