Game 51 Preview and Open Thread: Ottawa Senators @ Montreal Canadiens

Photo by Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAfter limping out of the gate with one win in their first ten games (two in their first fifteen) it felt like the season couldn’t end soon enough and we all had another draft lottery on our collective minds. Now as the end of the season draws near, the Sens have found their groove with wins in six of their last ten (ten in their last twenty). So it goes. We’ll have plenty to look forward to in the fall at least. After a couple of especially ugly losses against Edmonton in early March, the Senators seemingly shed their clown shoes and started to look like an honest to god NHL team. It feels like all the right players have made big contributions to the team’s recent success (coupled with some timely saves from their goalies) and more and more people are asking if the Ottawa Senators are too good.

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