National Hockey League Updates – Boston Bruins play host to the Ottawa Senators (Preview)
Boston Bruins will be hosting the Ottawa Senators in the 632nd game of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series this Tuesday at the TD Garden. Both the teams are scheduled to meet each other six times during the course of the season out of which
they have faced each other two times already.
The first match between the two teams in the season saw Boston Bruins win the match 4-0 while the second match was won by the Ottawa Senators 2-0. Boston Bruins was up against the Pittsburgh Penguin this Monday.
The match turned out to be very tough for the Boston Bruins as they couldn’t managed to score in the opening two periods of the match. Coupled with this was the fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins scored twice. Heading into the final period and trailing a
lot was to be done if Boston wanted to win the match.
The final period saw the Boston Bruins do just that as they scored four scored four goals with Mark Recchi’s two goals as Boston Bruins won the match 4-2. Previously when these two teams met the Consol Arena, Boston were behind by two goals 4-2 but in the
end won the match 7-4.
Commenting on the most recent win against the Penguins Mark Recchi said, "In the first and second, we had some great opportunities," Recchi said. "We could have been right in the game and we knew if we stayed with it, we could come back. We've done it in
this building before and we believed we could do it."
Boston Bruins has played 41 games so far in the season out of which they have won 22 games in regulation time and won 7 games in overtime scoring 51 points. On the other hand, Ottawa Senators has played 42 games so far in the season out of which they have
won 16 games in regulation and 6 in overtime scoring 38 points.
The Ottawa Senators race to qualify for making it into playoffs is getting tougher and tougher as their recent for is letting them down. The eighth spot in the Eastern Conference is getting out of the grasp with the playoff position deficit going into double
digits.
The most recent match for the Ottawa Senators this Saturday saw them drop more points against the Tampa Bay Lightning as they lost 2-1. Commenting on the recent form, Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson said:
"We're trying to stay in the present here," Captain Daniel Alfredsson said. "We feel like we still have a chance and that's what we're working toward ... We can only look forward. We can't change what's done. We can control our work ethic in practice and
in games. That's what we're going to have to have, especially now that we're missing some offensive players."
Coming to the players in hot form then Ottawa Senators has to look at Captain Daniel Alfredsson who has scored 2 goals and 2 assists in the last couple of the games while the Boston Bruins has goals coming in from all the front line players with the wingers
also notching goals as well.
Ahead of the match Ottawa Senators are the weak link in the match but Boston Bruins aren’t on the most brilliant run of the season either. The match is expected to be won by the Boston Bruins but it is going to be a tough and tight encounter.
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