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Boston Bruins At Ottawa Senators Will Have A Playoff Game Feel

03/10/2015 at 12:08pm EDT

from Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun,

Exactly one month ago, they were down to a prayer and a miracle.

The Senators had more points than just two teams in the entire conference, and they trailed the Boston Bruins by 14 in the wild-card standings.

Impossible ground to make up, almost everyone agreed. Ottawa was going to miss the playoffs in consecutive springs for the first time since 1996....

Then suddenly, the Bruins started to slip. From Feb. 8-20, Claude Julien's squad earned just one point while losing six games in a row.

Almost simultaneously, Dave Cameron's club rallied around The Hamburglar and began to work its way up the ladder.

Since losing to Carolina Feb. 16, the Senators have grabbed 17 of a possible 18 points and now trail the Bruins by five, with a game in hand.

And now there's one month left in the season, and no denying the magnitude of the B's visit to Canadian Tire Centre Tuesday night. "Up to this point, it's definitely our biggest game of the year ... it might end up being one of our biggest games all year," defenceman Mark Borowiecki said after Monday's optional practice.

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