Senators hope to grow form third period collapse in Game 2 against Bruins
OTTAWA — It was a hard lesson to learn, but head coach Guy Boucher hopes it will be a lasting one for the Ottawa Senators.
The Senators lost the opening game of its Eastern Conference quarter-final series to the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Wednesday as a result of two bad third period shifts after dominating much of the game.
“Going into the third they just stuck to what they were doing and we did not,” Boucher said Thursday. “We didn’t change our game plan whatsoever, we didn’t want something different at all, but I think we didn’t manage it well mentally. We looked scared to lose instead of hungry to win.”
The Senators will look to even the series Saturday afternoon at Canadian Tire Centre.