In Ottawa Wednesday night, the Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand scored with less than three minutes left in regulation to give the Bruins a 2-1 win over their hosts the Ottawa Senators.
Brad Marchand scored Boston’s winning goal late in the third period – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“They’re good at keeping teams to the outside and making it a one and done,” Marchand said of the Senators’ defensive schemes. “We’re going to have to be much better than we were tonight. We can’t expect to win this series playing like that.”
Tuukka Rask made 26 saves to get the win.
The winner came on sustained pressure in the Ottawa zone, the first pressure all night for Boston.
“People in Boston have seen that shift before,” Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “They are pretty dynamic when they get going. Ottawa did a good job against them, let’s face it. Eventually they are going to break loose.
“When [the Senators] got fatigued, you could see our guys get even hungrier. We got inside on that shift and we talked about that.”
Frank Vatrano also struck for a goal for the Bruins.
“In the playoffs it’s all about turning the page and focusing on your next shift,” Vatrano said. “We came in after the second and knew we didn’t have the best period.”
Bobby Ryan scored the Sens only goal of the game.
“We had a chance to put it on somebody’s stick, wait a bit, have a bit more poise, wait for the guys to be in position to make the play, but we rimmed it to nobody,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said. “We threw it away. I don’t think it was too cute. It was getting rid of it without looking.”
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Craig Anderson made 23 saves in taking the loss.
“They outplayed us when it counted in the third period,” Ryan said.
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