Senators aim for more of same vs. Bruins

“But at the same time we’ve got to do a better job of neutralizing him from the game that he wants to play”. “I’ve played a long time and this is my first overtime victor and it feels great”. Pure and simple. A miserable, passive, prevent-defense-ass third period put Boston into the hole they dug for themselves and why they lost the game.

Still, the Blues had enough confidence in Allen’s pedigree – he had won a gold and silver medal for Team Canada as a junior player – to trade fan-favorite Elliott to Calgary in the offseason.

Boucher knows his team yielded three goals in the second period in each of the past two games but said the Senators didn’t play poorly as the Bruins rallied to tie Monday night. Miller will be paired with John-Michael Liles for Game 4, according to Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy.

And, the Ottawa Senators were able to overcome a meltdown in Beantown.

Neither team had scored a goal in the opening period in either of the first two games, but the Senators quickly halted that anomaly.

The Boston Bruins rallied from a 3-0 second period deficit only to fall to the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in overtime on Monday night at TD Garden in Boston.

After the third period of play could not determine a victor, Ryan closed out the win for Ottawa, crashing the net on the power play and beating Rask to give the Senators the lead in the series. Only one of the three goals he’s given up has come at even strength against a team that averaged 3.21 goals a game, second best in the National Hockey League regular season.

The Senators haven’t done things the easy way this season, so why would they start now.

I also give a lot of credit to Derick Brassard. And his leadership, people talk about his leadership the previous game because he got a little loud on one of the goals.

The New York Yankees outfielder lived up to his “Godzilla” nickname by terrorizing Red Sox pitching to the tune of a scorching.545 average with eight runs scored, four doubles, a triple, two homers and 10 RBI.

Finding a way to match up Zdeno Chara against him at any and all opportunities would be a good start. Fortunately, Rask hasn’t been a whole lot better at the other end which has mitigated some of Anderson’s flaws. Only time will tell what will happen, but the city of Boston will be watching with the utmost excitement as playoff hockey has returned to Beantown.

His reaction is better still.

Erik Karlsson has four assists in three games this series.

The Bruins are dealing with injuries to Torey Krug, Adam McQuaid and Brandon Carlo on defence. The Senators were also down to five as Mark Borowiecki left the game after going hard into the boards midway through the period.

Whether he returns to the lineup will likely be another game-time decision.

Fortunately for the Sens, they have a number of players they can turn to (Fredrik Claesson, Ben Harpur and Jyrki Jokipakka) who have at least some experience playing with the team this year.

There is no way this game ever should have gotten to OT.