2012 Ottawa Senators Playoffs

All we asked for was a good, honest effort, and we got that from the Ottawa Senators in this game. It was hard-fought right to the end, but Ottawa's comeback effort ultimately came up short and they fell 2-1 to the New York Rangers in the seventh and decisive game.

Leading 1-0 a little less than halfway through the second period, the game--and the series--was Ottawa's to lose. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened. On a power play created by some good work from Erik Condra, the Senators' play, which had been lackadaisical once they had the lead, became downright sloppy.

Ottawa's most highly-anticipated international arrival in nearly a year is in the city now, and he's expected to make his NHL debut tonight: Jakob Silfverberg will be in the lineup for the Ottawa Senators as they look to eliminate the New York Rangers from the Stanley Cup Finals. No pressure,

How does this feel, folks? It was a tense game, and probably wasn't the Ottawa Senators best effort, but some clutch performances got them through it with a 2-0 win over the New York Rangers and a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals series. Ottawa got their best start

Bruce Garrioch and Ian Mendes reported earlier this morning that there's a good chance that Mark Stone makes his NHL debut tonight, and it's since been confirmed by Darren Dreger. That the 19 year-old Stone will step into the lineup tonight is pretty remarkable for a kid who was drafted

Game 4 was a must win for the Senators. Down 2-1 in the series after losing a heart-breaking Game 3 in which they thoroughly outplayed the #1 seeded New York Rangers, Ottawa needed to even things up. After his setback on Monday afternoon, it was unlikely Alfie would play in

In their first four games, the Ottawa Senators have scored eight goals on New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist--on 142 shots so far. They haven't come easy: Before last night's games, the Senators have had more shots blocked (96) than any other team, and they had missed the net more

The Ottawa Senators might have lost game three to the New York Rangers by a 1-0 score, but they can walk away with some solace: They were the better team for the majority of the game. They were stymied at every turn by an all-world goaltending talent and paid for

File this under "curious." The NHL just fined point-per-game player Zenon Konopka $2500 for chirping Brian Boyle during an interview before Saturday night's game between the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers. I assume Konopka informed Boyle that he was going to fight someone, although he may have used colourful

Shortly after announcing a three-game suspension for Carl Hagelin for his elbow to the head of Daniel Alfredsson, the NHL also announced a one-game suspension to Matt Carkner for jumping Brian Boyle, an unwilling combatant during an altercation on Saturday night. In his explanation, Brendan Shanahan cited the fact that