FIVE QUICK THOUGHTS
-They just don’t quit. Coming into this game on a five-game win streak and against an allegedly desperate team, it felt like the Ottawa Senators might be in tough on Saturday night. There were a couple times in the game where they were down a goal and it felt like maybe their luck had run out. The thing is, this team doesn’t care how I feel. This team is just built different. And they just keep finding a way to get the job done. With another massive win, the Sens move to a ridiculous 7-0-1 in the month of March with another biggest game of the year coming up on Tuesday night in Montreal.
-With 16 games left in the season, the Senators have now built up a six-point cushion in their push for a playoff spot. It’s a buffer for sure but when you look at the stretch of games they have coming up, including a head-to-head matchup against the team in 9th place and a stretch where they’ll play four of five on the road, there really is a ton of work left to be done here. Ideally, they keep getting favours from the out of town scoreboard. On Sunday, the Red Wings host the Golden Knights and the Rangers are in Edmonton. At the same time, the idea of chasing down a top three spot in the Atlantic is now a real possibility with just four points separating the Senators from 3rd in the Division.
-It’s been well-documented that the Senators have the easiest remaining schedule but the next seven games seem uh kinda tough. Ottawa will play five of seven on the road with the two home games against a powerhouse Avalanche team and the desperate Columbus Blue Jackets. Maybe it’s the magnitude of the opportunity they have here or just scars from the last eight years but there is nothing about the remaining schedule that looks easy. That’s why this recent six-game win streak has been so massive. Banking points now definitely gives them a little more margin for error down the stretch.
-One of the most impressive things about this recent run is you can never really pinpoint a single reason for their success. Sometimes it’s goaltending, sometimes it’s the top players and then sometimes it’s a handful of guys that are usually labelled as depth players. This really is one of those unique situations where it’s a true team effort and where they have everyone pulling in the same direction. The top line created a big goal, the second line was buzzing all night long, the third line was at their lock-it-down best, defence gave ’em nothing, the goalie shut the door after that second period gaffe, the power play got one and the penalty kill did its job in the third period. Everything was clickin’ on Saturday night.
-Leafs suck.
Turn out the lights
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— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) March 16, 2025
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