Tonight's Officials
Referees Brad Watson (23), Trevor Hanson (31)
Standby - Ghislain Hebert (22)
Linesmen Bryan Pancich (94), Scott Cherrey (50)
Ntl. Anthem Krista Jane
BRUINS-SENATORS PLAYOFF HISTORY
The Bruins and Senators are meeting for the first time in the playoffs since the Senators began NHL play in 1992 … That leaves 8 teams that Boston will have not yet played in the post-season (Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary, Columbus, Minnesota, Nashville, San Jose and Winnipeg).
The Bruins played the original Ottawa Senators in the 1927 Stanley Cup Final, won by Ottawa in four games.
The 1927 Stanley Cup Finals was an NHL championship series played by the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins. It was the first time the Cup was solely contested by National Hockey League teams, owing to the demise of the Western Hockey League the previous year. It was won by the Ottawa Senators, coached by Dave Gill, over the Boston Bruins, coached by Art Ross. This was the Senators' fourth win since 1920, and eleventh overall, but it marked the end of the dynasty. The original Senators would not win another.
It would be the last time a team from Ottawa would play in the Finals until the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, and the first Stanley Cup Final to have games played in both Canada and the United States.
WAYBACK MACHINE
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Patrice Bergeron is five games short of his 100th NHL playoff game.
INJURIES
Torey Krug – Lower body injury suffered 4/6 vs OTT
Noel Acciari – Upper body injury suffered 4/6 vs OTT
Brandon Carlo – Upper body injury suffered 4/8 vs WSH
2016-17 SEASON SERIES vs. OTTAWA
The Bruins were 0-3-1 vs. Ottawa this season with a 3-1 loss in Ottawa on Nov. 24, 4-2 setback in Ottawa on Mar. 6, 3-2 loss in Boston on Mar. 21 and 2-1 shootout loss in Boston on Apr. 6.
The Senators outscored the Bruins by an 11-6 margin (not including the shootout deciding goal).
Torey Krug (1-3=4) led the Bruins in scoring in the four games … Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak had 1-1=2 totals each.
Tuukka Rask played all four games in goal with a 2.49 GAA and .902 save percentage in the series.
Season Series Fun Facts: 5 of Boston’s 6 goals in the series were scored on the power play and they went 1 for 1 on the power play in 3 of the 4 games … The Bruins scored 4 of their 6 goals in the 1st period with the other 2 scored in the 3rd …
The home team outshot the visitor in all 4 games … This was the 1st season in which the Bruins did not have a win vs. the Senators.
2017 ROUND ONE SERIES vs OTTAWA
The Bruins and Senators open their Round One series tonight … Game 2 will follow on Apr. 15 in Ottawa with games 3 (Apr. 17) and 4 (Apr. 19) in Boston … If necessary, games 5 (Apr. 21) and 7 (Apr. 26) will be in Ottawa with game 6 (Apr. 23) in Boston.
The Bruins enter tonight’s game with a 48-48 record in game ones of best-of-7 series with a 34-14 series record when winning game 1 and 14-34 series mark when losing game 1.
Drew Stafford is the only current Bruin who has previously faced Ottawa in a playoff series (played one scoreless game while with
Buffalo in 2007).
Zdeno Chara played 45 playoff games with Ottawa from the 2002-2006 post-seasons with 3-11=14 totals in those games.
2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECAP
- The Bruins finished the season in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 44-31-7 overall record … They went 23-17-1 at home and
21-14-6 on the road.
- Their 21.7% power play proficiency ranked 8th overall in the NHL while they led the league with an 85.7% penalty killing efficiency.
- Brad Marchand led the Bruins in goals (39), assists (46), points (85) and penalty minutes (81) …That tied for the 3rd-highest goal total
in the NHL this season and tied for the fourth-most points.
OVERTIME STATS
The Bruins have played 128 OT games in their playoff history with a 56-69-3 overall record, 30-29-1 at home and 26-4-2 on the road.
They have gone to multiple OTs in 22 games and they are 8-8 in 2OT games, 3-2 in 3OT games and 0-1 in the 6OT 1933 semifinal vs. Toronto that was the longest such game i-n their history.
5 current Bruins have career OT playoff goals: Bergeron (3); Backes and Krejci (2 each); Beleskey and Marchand (1 each).
Tuukka Rask has a 9-5 record in 14 career playoff OT games.
