from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

As the Ottawa Senators gathered around the boards to start their first drill in an optional skate Monday morning at Madison Square Garden, a bunch of kids who were likely on a tour started heckling the players.

“Let’s go Rangers. Let’s go Rangers,” they chanted from the stands.

“Kids, don’t chant or we’re going to get kicked out,” someone told the group.

If only it were that easy for the Senators to silence the Garden faithful.

Sitting one win away from the a trip to the East final for the first time in 10 years with a 3-2 lead in this Round 2 series against the New York Rangers, the Senators need to find a way to do it themselves Tuesday night on Broadway.

Trying desperately to avoid a Game 7 showdown at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday, the Senators will be trying to turn their fortunes around in New York after back-to-back 4-1 losses in Game 3 last Tuesday and Game 4 last Thursday. The best bet for Ottawa is to get this series over with and get rested up for Round 3.

They’re well aware that’s going to be a difficult task and if it’s going to change then the Senators need a way better start than the last two games held here.

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