Crossing The NHL’s Atlantic Division: Week 27
By Tim Bayer
Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports
Ottawa Senators
By Jared Crozier of SenShot
The Ottawa Senators have kept their extremely thin playoff hopes alive on the strength of their current three-game home winning streak. They haven’t exactly been dominant but they have done enough to win in games against the Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames and Carolina Hurricanes.
They have absolutely no margin for error and dropping any point in their remaining games would likely be a nail in the coffin, but given the fact I said that almost a month ago says something about the turtle race that has been the Eastern Conference.
Erik Karlsson, who returned to almost full strength this season from a terrible Achilles tendon injury last year, was the Ottawa nominee for the Bill Masterton award, as voted by the Ottawa chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.