Prelude - Last night saw both the Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils win their games. This puts them back into their playoffs series. Now the minds of hockey fans in the Capital ask, can the Senators come back as well?
Sport - Hockey
Event - Last night, New Jersey won their game against the Rangers 4 to 3, and Boston won over Montreal 2 -1.
Point to say - "Do you think Ottawa can come back in their series?"
Follow up point - "Ottawa played well in their last game. So, maybe on home ice they can do it. "
Get out of the conversation - "Did you do any spring cleaning so far?"
Backgrounder
The importance of game 3, after losing the first two, can not be overstated. Lose game 3 and, well, pray for a miracle. In a best of seven series (first team to win four games advances) it is very very rare that teams come back after losing the first three.
Currently in the Ottawa-Pittsburgh series, Pittsburgh is up 2 games to zero. Pittsburgh has been by far the stronger team. Ottawa's goaltending was thought to be the weak point for the team, however, their goalie, Martin Gerber, has been their best player. The big news for Ottawa fans, is the news on the weekend that their best forward, Jason Spezza, did not practice Saturday. Is he injured?
Teams never release injury information about their players during the playoffs. It is too much of an advantage to the other team. So, if you want to know who is injured, well, you'll have to wait until the team is out. Last year, Sidney Crosby played the first round of the playoff series on a broken foot. This information wasn't released until after Ottawa put them out.
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