We’ve been clamouring for meaningful games in March for years and years, and today’s tilt against the Detroit Red Wings was about as meaningful as you can get in the month of March.
Even if the Sens had lost this game, they still would have had better playoff odds than the Red Wings, but a win gives them a bit of breathing room – something they could definitely use in this very, very tight race.
If this was an important game for the wild card race, nobody thought to tell the two teams about it. The first period was an absolute snoozefest. Ullmark was barely tested, and the Sens’ forwards barely got anything going. The most exciting thing to happen all period was a couple of penalties toward the end. We even got…