For the second consecutive season, the Ottawa Senators advanced to the Stanley Cup Playoffs thanks to a late second-half surge down the stretch. However, rather than giving a higher-ranked opponent a scare in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal as they did last season to the Toronto Maple Leafs, their stay in this year’s playoffs was over as soon as it began.The Senators were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal by the powerful Caro…