This was, without question, a victory that the Ottawa Senators deserved.
Granted, it wouldn’t have been possible without a Vezina-no, a Hart-worthy performance from Cam Talbot, but we've been waiting forever to see this. Too many times has our team been robbed of a victory by a hot goaltender despite a dominant on-ice performance. Too many times we’ve seen rogue pucks find seemingly impossible pathways into their net, completely deflating any momentum they had built up.
Were they lucky tonight? Yes. But they were also so, very, extremely due for every ounce of that good luck they received.