US EditionOttawa Senators return to the playoffs for 2nd consecutive season
Ottawa earned its second straight playoff trip after winning 3-0 and getting a New Jersey victory that eliminated Detroit.
- On Saturday, the Ottawa Senators clinched a post-season berth after the New Jersey Devils defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in Detroit.
- Detroit's collapse came despite holding a playoff position for 148 days of the season, according to Sportradar, after leading the Atlantic Division in late January.
- Since the Olympic break concluded, the Senators have been on a tear, going 15-5-3 and winning five of six April games to overcome a six-point Eastern Conference deficit.
- Coach Todd McLellan called the loss a "microcosm of a disappointing season," while captain Dylan Larkin said, "To hear that is very difficult."
- Yzerman returned to the franchise seven years ago to turn things around, yet winger Lucas Raymond said, "It's been too many years in a row, we've been right there.
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