Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo Sabres

Ottawa as the No.1 seed as they entered the playoffs were the clear favorites to win the second round series against Buffalo, but they haven’t been able to win in the two games they’ve played so far.Ottawa won the first round of the playoffs against Tampa Bay a team that didn’t represent too much of a struggle and went down rather easy. Now they’re facing Buffalo a team that’s not making things easy for them so far in the series.The Senators considered having one of the best offenses in the league plus a great goalie that can keep them out of trouble if the team is not playing that good. The key to win this series is to try and make the best of their offense and score as many goals as they can. Also they need to stop the Buffalo offense that’s been scoring too many goals against them. They also have home ice advantage as long as their alive and they need to make the best of that situation that often makes the balance go to the home team side.Recent Transactions4/6 Recalled Tomas Malec from Binghamton of the AHL. 4/5 Assigned Denis Hamel to Binghamton of the AHL. 4/3 Recalled Denis Hamel from Binghamton of the AHL. 3/30 Recalled Brad Norton from Binghamton of the AHL.On the other side Buffalo needed six games to beat the Flyers in a series that wasn’t as close as it might seem. The first two games they won with 7-1 and 8-2 scores and the other two they had 58 shots on goal to win in overtime.The Sabres are very fast and quick. They use those talents to force teams into retreating often. Buffalo rolls four lines and gets production from them all, and they have two goalies capable of starting.They’re doing very good so far in the series with a 2-0 lead and it seems the Ottawa team hasn’t been able to stop those talents mentioned before. Now they have to travel to Ottawa a very difficult ice dome to play. They have ferocious fans and they desperately need to win to avoid getting in a 3-0 hole that would be very difficult to get out off.Recent Transactions5/3 Signed Drew Stafford to a three-year contract. 4/20 Called up Jiri Novotny and Doug Janik from Rochester of the AHL 4/10 Extended their minor-league affiliation one year with Rochester of the AHL.