At the end of the line and the 82 games are completed, the Sens

improbably move on to the playoffs against the Montreal Canadians of

whom the Sens match up against well.

Sens 3 @ NYR 0

Sens 3 @ Flyers 1

It has been a regular season of ups and downs.  From Andrew Hammond

ending the season with a 20-1-2 record, the emergence of Mark Stone and

Mike Hoffman to the return of Erik Karlsson to Norris Trophy caliber and

the return and retirement of Daniel Alfredsson.  This season also had

some not so great moments having Bryan Murray and Mark Reeds battle with

inoperable cancer, the firing of Paul Maclean and trying to recover

from early season struggles.

Having zero changes outside of the Jason Spezza trade, the change in

approach to the team by sitting veterans like Chris Phillips and holding

back on others like Chris Neil and Jared Cowen has allowed the players

to be young and hungry for competing in the regular season along with

continuing off to the post season.