A Look Back on the 2002 Playoffs

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1 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review A Look Back on the Playoffs PLAYOFFS RECAP: The Ottawa Senators defeated the Philadelphia Flyers - in their Eastern Conference Quarter-Final series for the team s first series victory since defeating New Jersey in 998 The Senators were then defeated - by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals The loss marked Ottawa s third consecutive loss to Toronto The Senators participation in the playoffs marked their sixth consecutive trip to the post-season (best among Canadian teams) The Senators now have a -6 all-time series record in the playoffs. AT HOME: The Senators were - at home during the post-season Ottawa has a combined - record at the Corel Centre through eight playoff series in 99 (-), 998 (-), 999 (-), (-), (-), and (-) Ottawa s last playoff home win came on May 6, against Toronto (- win) Ottawa's last loss at home in the playoffs came against Toronto (- May, )... Ottawa has three shutout wins at home in the playoffs, including two this year against Philadelphia (- wins on Apr and Apr, ) Ottawa has four shutout losses at home in the playoffs, most recently against Toronto (- Apr, ) Ottawa has two overtime wins at home, most recently against New Jersey (- Apr 6, 998) Ottawa has one overtime loss at home in the playoffs, against Toronto (- Apr, ). ON THE ROAD: The Senators were - on the road during the post-season... In their final road game (May ), Ottawa was defeated by Toronto - at the Air Canada Centre... Radek Bonk's empty net goal on May (Game ) was Ottawa first playoff emptynetter on the road... Prior to their three-game winning streak earlier this post-season (Apr to May ), the Senators had lost straight playoff road games (Apr, 998 to Apr, ) Ottawa has a combined - record on the road through eight playoff series in 99 (-), 998 (-), 999 (-), (-), (-), and (-) Ottawa has two shut-out wins on the road in the playoffs, most recently against Toronto (-) - May, Ottawa has four shutout losses on the road, most recently against Toronto (- May, ) Ottawa has two overtime wins on the road, most recently against Philadelphia (- Apr 6, ) Ottawa has five playoff road losses in overtime, most recently against Toronto (- OT, May, ). ROUND SERIES NOTES VS TORONTO : Ottawa was defeated by Toronto four games to three in their Eastern Conference Semi- Final series... Neither team recorded consecutive wins throughout this series until Toronto s wins in games six and seven... Ottawa allowed five power-play goals to the Leafs in their opportunities (8. %) while going -for- (6. %) on the powerplay... Ottawa's May 8, May and May losses to the Leafs were the team's only three losses in regulation time this post-season (Ottawa has two other losses which came in overtime on Apr and May )... Ottawa's triple OT game on May against Toronto represented the team's longest playoff game in franchise history at :, surpassing their former mark of 9: against Buffalo (- OTL) in Round of the 999 Playoffs at the Corel Centre on Apr, Game vs Toronto (May ) also set other franchise highs, including most shots (6), most shots by a player (Hossa - ), most saves (Lalime 9) and most shots allowed ()... Ottawa's five-goal output in Game not only surpassed the team goal production of the entire series () but also set a franchise-high for most goals scored in a post-season game and largest margin of victory. ROUND SERIES NOTES VS PHILADELPHIA: Ottawa defeated Philadelphia four games to one in their Eastern Conference Quarter- Final series... The win was Ottawa's second series win in franchise history... The Senators established an NHL record for fewest goals allowed in a series that went at least five games (New Jersey scored five goals in the 99 Conference Semi-Finals against the NY Rangers)... Ottawa out-scored Philadelphia - through the five games... Lalime, who finished the series with a.98 save percentage and a. goals-against average, saw his shutout streak of just under 8 minutes snapped in Game when Dan McGillis scored Philadelphia's first regulation goal of the series : into the contest Ottawa's three consecutive - wins (Games -) mark the first time the team has won three straight playoff games and also the first time the team has recorded three consecutive shutouts, in either the regular or post-season... Through the series, Ottawa outscored the Flyers - in the first period, - in the second, - in the third period while tying Philadelphia in overtime scoring (-) Ottawa went -for- (6. %) on the power-play while allowing only one power-play goal in 6 Flyer opportunities (9.8%)... Through five games, the Flyers outhit Ottawa -6 but the Senators held the advantage in shots (-)... Alfredsson led all point-getters with six points (-), while also leading in shots ()... Lalime set a new team playoff record for the longest shutout streak at 8: minutes (Games -). McCOOL AND THE GANG: Patrick Lalime became the fifth goaltender in postseason history to record thee consecutive shutouts when he defeated the Philadelphia Flyers - in three consecutive games (Apr, Apr, Apr ) The record was first set by Clint Benedict of the 96 Montreal Maroons, then matched by John Ross Roach (99, New York Rangers), Frank McCool (9, Toronto Maple Leafs), and Brent Johnson (Apr,, St. Louis). FAB FIVE: Ottawa recorded their longest post-season winning streak of five games from Apr to May,... Three Senators rode point streaks as the team won five straight Daniel Alfredsson (-), Radek Bonk (-) and Marian Hossa (-) all registered points during the Senators win streak Ottawa s previous longest winning streak was two games, accomplished on two separate occasions, most recently from Apr -9, against Toronto). ONE FOR THE ROAD: The Senators - win against the Philadelphia Flyers at the First Union Center on Apr, not only tied the series at - but also... Snapped the team's -game road playoff losing streak which dated back to Apr, Tied the team's largest margin of victory at goals, which was set against Buffalo (- W, Apr, 99)... Represented the team's first playoff road shutout win... Snapped the team's scoring drought which spanned :9, dating back to the first period in Game against Toronto on Apr 8, (Chris Phillips, :). - -

2 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review THREE'S COMPANY: The Senators' three consecutive - victories in Games, and of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Final against Philadelphia represented the first time Ottawa posted three straight shutouts in either the regular or post-season and also the first time Ottawa has ever won three straight playoff games... The Senators three consecutive - shutouts also represented the first time the Flyers have been shutout in three straight post-season outings in their -year history (Jacques Plante, while with the St. Louis Blues, had shut them out twice in a row in Games and in the 969 Quarter-Finals, - L - Apr, and - L - Apr ). TURN ON THE RED LIGHT: Magnus Arvedson's goal against Toronto in the second period (6:9) of Game vs Toronto (May 6) represented Ottawa's first goal at home against Curtis Joseph in 9 minutes and 9 seconds. Ottawa had last scored against Joseph at the Corel Centre in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Final on Apr, (Kravchuk at :9 in the second) - the Senators were then shutout in the third period that game, both home games in the series at home and the first period on May 6,... Gary Roberts' goal against Ottawa in third period (6:) of Game (May 6) represented the first goal the Senators had allowed to an opponent at home in the post-season in 89 minutes and seconds. Ironically, Ottawa had last allowed a goal to an opponent at home in the playoffs to the same Gary Roberts in Game of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Final on Apr, (: in the third) - the Senators then proceeded to shutout out the Philadelphia Flyers in both home games of Round this season before allowing Roberts' goal 6: into Game on May 6. WORKING OVERTIME: The Senators recorded two of their five losses in the post-season in overtime as the team is - when going past regulation these playoffs The Senators all-time post-season overtime record stands at - Ottawa is - at home in post-season overtime play and - on the road... Ottawa s last overtime playoff win came on Apr 6, at Philadelphia (Havlat, :) Ottawa s last overtime playoff loss came on May, at Toronto (Roberts, : - triple OT) The Senators have three current players who have scored overtime playoff goals Havlat on Apr 6, at Philadelphia (:), Alfredsson on Apr, 99 vs Buffalo (:) and Benoit Brunet (while with Montreal) on Apr, 998 at Pittsburgh (8:). SENS ALL-TIME PLAYOFF TIDBITS: Through the playoffs, Ottawa has a - all-time record in the post-season and a -6 record in playoff series... Of the team's post-season losses, have been one-goal games, including seven lost in overtime... Through playoff games, Ottawa has been outscored Ottawa is -8 when they score first in the post-season and -9 when their opponents score first... The Senators are - when they're ahead after the first two periods and - when trailing after two. BITS & BYTES: The Senators had only three regulation time losses this post-season, all against Toronto (May 8, May and May )... Four of Ottawa's five losses this post-season were one-goal games... The Senators were - when leading after two periods of play this post-season... Ottawa outshot their opponents in eight of their playoff games this post-season, holding a - advantage over their opponents... The Senators were 6- in the post-season when they scored first. TEAM PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: The Senators were the only Canadian team to qualify for the playoffs in each of the last six seasons... Ottawa has a career -6 record in playoff series Prior to their series win over Philadelphia (), Ottawa had suffered consecutive series losses to Washington - in 998 (Eastern Conference Semi-Finals), Buffalo - in 999 (Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals), Toronto - in (Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals) and Toronto - in (Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals) Ottawa has now been eliminated by Toronto in each of their last three post-season appearances. PLAYER PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: The Stanley Cup Playoffs marked the Senators sixth consecutive trip to the post-season Following this year's post-season, the - Senators team (playoff roster) have a total of 6 games played in the playoffs; 6 by the goaltenders, 9 by defencemen and by forwards Sixteen of the players on the Senators roster with playoff experience have gained all of their post-season action with Ottawa Three Senators players have won the Stanley Cup in their career; Curtis Leschyshyn (with Colorado, 996), Shawn McEachern (with Pittsburgh, 99) and Benoit Brunet (with Montreal, 99). INJURY REPORT: Through playoff games, the Senators lost man-games to injuries. Player Injury Date of Injury Games Missed Notes Zdeno Chara MCL sprain - Left knee May Finished injured Mike Fisher MCL sprain - Left knee May Finished injured Total games lost: ATTENDANCE: The Senators sold out (8,) four of their five playoff home games and averaged 8,8 fans per game during the playoffs. The Senators have now sold out 9 of games throughout their playoff history. - -

3 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL GAME SUMMARIES: Apr 6, - (OT) Philadelphia (Game ): Martin Havlat registered his first career playoff goal : into overtime as the Senators advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a - Game Five triumph over the Flyers. Patrick Lalime, who allowed just two goals in the series, made saves for the Senators. Lalime saw his shutout streak of just under 8 minutes snapped when defenceman Dan McGillis scored Philadelphia's first regulation goal of the series : into the contest. Alfredsson later tied the game with a power-play marker of his own late in the first. Stars: - Havlat, - Lalime, - Boucher (PHI); Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson, Gruden, Kwiatkowski, Martins, Prusek Apr, - win vs Philadelphia (Game ): Patrick Lalime stopped all 8 shots he faced to become the fifth goaltender in postseason history and the second in as many nights to record three consecutive playoff shutouts. St. Louis' Brent Johnson joined the elite club Tuesday. Defencemen Wade Redden and Sami Salo along with Marian Hossa scored for the Senators. Meanwhile, the Flyers failed to score a regulation goal for the fifth consecutive playoff game, a period stretching a total of 6 minutes, seconds. Roman Cechmanek stopped 6 of 9 shots through two periods before being lifted in favour of Brian Boucher who stopped all six shots he faced in the third period. Cechmanek took the loss. Stars: - Lalime, - Salo, - Redden; Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson Apr, - win vs Philadelphia (Game ): Radek Bonk scored his first career postseason goal and Patrick Lalime posted his second consecutive shutout as the Senators blanked the Flyers, -, to take a - series lead in their Eastern Conference Quarter-Final. Lalime turned away 6 shots for his second career postseason victory while Ottawa fired shots at Cechmanek. Daniel Alfredsson and Marian Hossa added empty-net goals for Ottawa to round out the scoring. Stars: - Lalime, - Alfredsson, - Cechmanek (PHI); Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson Apr, - win at Philadelphia (Game ): Patrick Lalime stopped shots for his first career postseason win and shutout as the Senators broke a -game road playoff losing streak with a - blanking of the Philadelphia Flyers in Game of their Eastern Conference Quarter-Final series. Ottawa received a power-play goal from Daniel Alfredsson in the second along with third period goals from Mike Fisher and Jody Hull. The win, which ties the series -, also snapped Ottawa s seven-game post-season losing streak, which dated back to April, (vs Toronto). Stars: - Lalime, - Alfredsson, - Fisher; Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson Apr, - (OT) loss at Philadelphia (Game ): The Senators fired everything they had at Roman Cechmanek but the Flyer goaltender stood tall, and had the help of a few posts, stopping all shots he faced in the - overtime final. Patrick Lalime was also flawless through regulation, stopping the first shots he faced. Unfortunately for him, the th, Ruslan Fedotenko's back-hander at : of the extra frame snuck its way past him for the only goal of the game. Stars: - Cechmanek (PHI), - Alfredsson, - Fedotenko (PHI); Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson - -

4 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review Series vs Philadelphia Flyers Summary: Won - Lost - At OTTAWA SENATORS FLYERS Attend. Goaltenders W/T Goal April, 8,9 LALIME/ CECHMANEK RADEK BONK April, 8, LALIME/ CECHMANEK WADE REDDEN At PHILADELPHIA SENATORS FLYERS Attend. Goaltenders W/T Goal April, 9, LALIME/ CECHMANEK RUSLAN FEDETENKO April, 9, LALIME/ CECHMANEK DANIEL ALFREDSSON April 6, 9,69 LALIME/ BOUCHER MARTIN HAVLAT Goals by Period: st nd rd OT Total Senators Flyers Shots by Period: st nd rd OT Total Senators 8 Flyers SENATORS GP G A TP +/- PIM FLYERS GP G A TP +/- PIM DANIEL ALFREDSSON MARIAN HOSSA RADEK BONK MARTIN HAVLAT SHAWN MCEACHERN MIKE FISHER JODY HULL WADE REDDEN SAMI SALO BENOIT BRUNET TODD WHITE JUHA YLONEN MAGNUS ARVEDSON ZDENO CHARA SHANE HNIDY C. LESCHYSHYN CHRIS NEIL CHRIS PHILLIPS ADAM OATES RUSLAN FEDOTENKO DAN MCGILLIS ERIC DESJARDINS MARTY MURRAY JOHN SLANEY PAVEL BRENDL TODD FEDORUK MARK RECCHI DONALD BRASHEAR SIMON GAGNE KIM JOHNSSON JOHN LECLAIR KEITH PRIMEAU PAUL RANHEIM LUKE RICHARDSON JEREMY ROENICK CHRIS THERIEN ERIC WEINRICH JUSTIN WILLIAMS Power play: - 6. % Power-play: % Penalty killing: % Penalty killing: - 8. % Goaltending SENATORS GP Min GA GAA EN SO W L T Shots Save% Patrick Lalime..98 FLYERS GP Min GA GAA EN SO W L T Shots Save% Brian Boucher Roman Cechmanek

5 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL GAME SUMMARIES: May, - loss at Toronto (Game ): Alexander Mogilny banked a powerplay goal off the skate of Sami Salo at :9 of the second period and that would prove to be all the offence Toronto needed to dispose of Ottawa. Mogilny added another in the third period and so did Bryan McCabe to put the Senators away. Patrick Lalime stopped of shots in the Ottawa goal while Curtis Joseph stopped all 9 shots he faced. Stars: - Joseph (TOR) - Mogilny (TOR) - Corson (TOR); Injuries: Fisher, Chara; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Gruden, Prusek, Kwiatkowski. May, - loss vs Toronto (Game 6): Alexander Mogilny scored the winning goal at :8 of the third period to lift the Maple Leafs to a - win over the Senators and to tie the series at three games each. Ottawa had opened the scoring early with goals from Marian Hossa and Daniel Alfredsson before the five-minute mark of the first period. But the Leafs bounced back to take a - lead, before Todd White tied it a - with seconds left in the second period. Toronto went -for- on the power-play while Ottawa went -for-. Stars: - Roberts (TOR) - Alfredsson - Green (TOR); Injuries: Fisher, Chara; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Gruden, Prusek, Kwiatkowski. May, - win at Toronto (Game ): Daniel Alfredsson scored with : left in the third period to lift Ottawa to a - lead, and Radek Bonk added the final goal in an empty net for a - final in Ottawa's favour over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night at the Air Canada Centre. The Senators now lead the best of seven series -. Redden and Hossa also added goals for Ottawa while Gary Roberts and Alyn McCauley tallied Toronto s markers. The Senators were held to a post-season low shots. The Senators also lost both Mike Fisher (st period) and Zdeno Chara (rd period) to left knee injuries during the game. Stars: - Redden - Ylonen - Roberts (TOR); Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson, Gruden, Prusek, Martins, Kwiatkowski. May 8, - loss vs Toronto (Game ): Alyn McCauley scored twice in the second period as the Toronto Maple Leafs evened their Eastern Conference Semi-Final series at two games apiece with a - victory over the Ottawa Senators at the Corel Centre. The Senators opened the scoring on Wade Redden s power-play tally : into the middle period. The Leafs however responded with two of their own later that period, marking the first time Ottawa had allowed any second period goals. The Senators also lost Sami Salo early in the second period with an upper body injury after he was tripped racing back for an icing call. Stars: - McCauley (TOR) - Roberts (TOR) - Fisher; Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson, Gruden, Prusek, Martins, Kwiatkowski. May 6, - win vs Toronto (Game ): Magnus Arvedson scored twice and Daniel Alfredsson scored the eventual game-winner as the Senators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs - at the Corel Centre Monday night. The Senators now lead Toronto - in the best-ofseven series. Lalime faced 8 shots while the Senators fired 9 at Curtis Joseph. Both teams went -for- on the power-play. Toronto's late goals came courtesy of Gary Roberts and Travis Green. Stars: - Lalime - Arvedson - Havlat; Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson, Gruden, Prusek, Martins, Kwiatkowski. May, - (OT) Toronto (Game ): Toronto s Gary Roberts scored / minutes in triple overtime, giving the Maple Leafs a - victory over the Ottawa Senators and squaring their Eastern Conference Semi-Final series at one game apiece. Ottawa outshot Toronto - in overtime and held a 6- advantage overall as both netminders saw a total of 98 shots. Ottawa s goals came courtesy of Sami Salo and Mike Fisher as the team rebounded from an early - deficit. Toronto s Travis Green and Darcy Tucker opened the scoring in the first, providing a - cushion only 8: in. Stars: - Roberts (TOR), - Joseph (TOR), - Lalime; Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson, Gruden, Prusek, Martins, Kwiatkowski. May, - Toronto (Game ): Patrick Lalime posted his fourth shutout of the post-season as the Senators blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs - in their Eastern Conference Semi -Final series opener at the Air Canada Centre. Ottawa received power-play goals from Martin Havlat, Radek Bonk and Daniel Alfredsson as they stretched their playoff winning streak to a franchise-high five games. Meanwhile, Shane Hnidy and Todd White both pitched in with their first career post-season markers. Stars: - Alfredsson, - Havlat, - Lalime; Injuries: none; Scratches: Herperger, Muckalt, Persson, Gruden, Prusek, Martins, Kwiatkowski. - -

6 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review Series vs Toronto Maple Leafs Summary: Won - Lost - At OTTAWA SENATORS MAPLE LEAFS Attend. Goaltenders W/T Goal May 6, 8, LALIME/ JOSEPH DANIEL ALFREDSSON May 8, 8, LALIME/ JOSEPH ALYN MCCAULEY May, 8, LALIME/ JOSEPH ALEXANDER MOGILNY At TORONTO SENATORS MAPLE LEAFS Attend. Goaltenders W/T Goal May, 9,6 LALIME/ JOSEPH MARTIN HAVLAT May, 9, LALIME/ JOSEPH GARY ROBERTS May, 9,99 LALIME/ JOSEPH DANIEL ALFREDSSON May, 9, LALIME/ JOSEPH ALEXANDER MOGILNY Goals by Period: st nd rd OT Total Senators 6 8 Maple Leafs 6 6 Shots by Period: st nd rd OT Total Senators Maple Leafs SENATORS GP G A TP +/- PIM MAPLE LEAFS GP G A TP +/- PIM DANIEL ALFREDSSON RADEK BONK MARIAN HOSSA MARTIN HAVLAT WADE REDDEN JUHA YLONEN MAGNUS ARVEDSON TODD WHITE MIKE FISHER SHANE HNIDY SAMI SALO BENOIT BRUNET SHAWN MCEACHERN ZDENO CHARA JODY HULL C. LESCHYSHYN STEVE MARTINS RICARD PERSSON CHRIS NEIL CHRIS PHILLIPS GARY ROBERTS ALYN MCCAULEY ALEXANDER MOGILNY TRAVIS GREEN BRYAN MCCABE JONAS HOGLUND KAREL PILAR SHAYNE CORSON DARCY TUCKER NATHAN DEMPSEY AKI BERG TIE DOMI TOMAS KABERLE ROBERT REICHEL JEFF FARKAS DONALD MACLEAN MIKAEL RENBERG GARRY VALK BOB WREN JYRKI LUMME CORY CROSS ANDERS ERIKSSON A. PONIKAROVSKY WADE BELAK PAUL HEALEY CURTIS JOSEPH Power play: - 6. % Power-play: -. % Penalty killing: - 8. % Penalty killing: % Goaltending SENATORS GP Min GA GAA EN SO W L T Shots Save% Patrick Lalime MAPLE LEAFS GP Min GA GAA EN SO W L T Shots Save% Curtis Joseph

7 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review Record Analysis of the Playoffs Overall Record / Streak - / Lost Home Record / Streak - / Lost Road Record / Streak - / Lost -Goal Game Record - -Goal Game Record - -Goal Game Record - Scoring First 6- Opp. Scoring First - Leading After Period - Trailing After Period - Tied After Period - Leading After Periods - Trailing After Periods - Tied After Periods - Outshooting opponent - Outshot - Even shots - Goals By Period OT T Senators 8 9 Opponents Shots By Period OT T Senators 88 9 Opponents Power Play G Att Pct Overall 9 6.% Home 8.% Road.9% short handed goals allowed Penalty Kill G Att Pct Overall 6 8.% Home 88. % Road 8.% short handed goals scored Penalties G Min Avg Senators 9.6 Individual Leaders Points Alfredsson (), Hossa (), Bonk () Goals Alfredsson (), Hossa (), Bonk (), Redden () Assists Bonk (), Alfredsson (6), Hossa (6) PP Goals Alfredsson (), Havlat (), Bonk () SH Goals None GW Goals Alfredsson (), Havlat (), Bonk (), Redden () GT Goals None or more Goals None PIM Persson (), Havlat (), Four players () Shots on Goal Alfredsson (), Hossa (), White (9) Plus/Minus Brunet (+8), Alfredsson (+), Six players (+) Goaltending GP Min GA Avg W L T SO Lalime

8 Situational Goals For Against on on on on on on on on on 6 Empty Net Penalty Shot Totals Ottawa Senators Season in Review Special Teams Scoring Power Play G A Pts Short Handed G A Pts Bonk Hossa Alfredsson Havlat Redden Senators Playoffs Game-by-Game Eastern Conference Quarter-Final vs Philadelphia # Date Team W/L Record GF - GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF - SA W - L Gltdr Attend. Philadelphia L* Philadelphia W - - p,, / Philadelphia W - - p, 8, / Philadelphia W - - 6,, Philadelphia W* - - p, 9p Eastern Conference Semi-Final vs Toronto # Date Team W/L Record GF - GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF - SA W - L Gltdr Attend. Toronto W - - 9p, p,, 8, p Toronto L* - -, /6 Toronto W - -,, /8 Toronto L Toronto W - - 6, 8p,, / Toronto L - - 8,, Toronto L p - powerplay s - shorthanded * Denotes overtime - 6 -

9 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review Senators and All-Time Highs & Lows TEAM Goals Playoffs Senators All-Time Playoffs Most in a game - W (//) - W (//) Most allowed in a game - L vs TOR (//) 6-6 WAS (/9/98) Most in a period x Last: - W (//), st x Last: - W (//), st Most allowed in a period x Last: - L (//), rd x Last: - L vs TOR (//), nd Fewest in a game x Last: - L (//) 9x Last: - L (//) Fewest allowed in a game x Last: - W (//) x Last - W (//) Shots Most in a game 6 - OTL (//) 6 - OTL (//) Most allowed in a game - OTL (//) - OTL (//) Most in a period 6 - OTL (//), nd 8 - L vs TOR (//), nd Most allowed in a period 6 - W (//), nd 6 x Last: - W (//), nd Fewest in a game 9 - L (//) - W vs TOR (//) Fewest in a period - L (//), nd - L (//), nd Fewest allowed in a game x Last: - L vs TOR (/8/) - L vs WAS (//98) Fewest allowed in a period - OTL (//), st x Last: - L (/8/), rd Penalties by Ottawa Most in a game - W vs PHI (//) - W vs PHI (//) Most in a period 8 - W vs PHI (//), rd 8 - W vs PHI (//), rd Fewest in a game - OTL (//) x Last: - OTL (//) Fewest in a period x Last: - L (//), st x Last: - L (//), st Most minutes in a game - L vs TOR (//) - W vs TOR (/9/) Most minutes in a period 9 - L vs TOR (//), st 9 - W vs TOR (/9/), rd Fewest minutes in a game - OTL (//) x Last: - OTL (//) Fewest minutes in a period x Last: - L (//), st x Last: - L (//), st Powerplays Most attempts in a game - W (//) - W (//) Most attempts allowed in a game x Last: - L vs TOR (//) x Last: - L vs TOR (//) Most PP goals in a game - W (//) x Last: - W (//) Most PP goals allowed in a game - L vs TOR (//) x Last: - L vs TOR (//) Most shorthanded goals in a game WAS (//98) Most shorthanded goals allowed in a game - - x Last: - L vs WAS (//98) Results Largest margin of victory - W (//) - W (//) Largest margin of defeat - L (//) -6 WAS (/9/98) Longest winning streak // to // // - // Longest losing streak // - // 8 //98 - // Longest winning streak (home) // - /6/ /6/98 - //98 Longest losing streak (home) /8/ - // x Last: /8/ - // Longest winning streak (road) // - // x Last: // - // Longest losing streak (road) x Last: // //98 - // INDIVIDUAL Game Most goals in a game Arvedson vs TOR (/6/) x Last: Alfredsson vs WAS (//98) Most assists in a game 8x Last: Ylonen vs TOR (//) x Last: Ylonen vs TOR (//) Most points in a game x Last: Havlat & Alfredsson (-) (//) x Last: Havlat & Alfredsson (-) (//) Most shots in a game Hossa (//) Hossa (//) Most power play goals in a game 9x Last: Hossa (//) x Last: Hossa (//) Most shorthanded goals in a game - - WAS (//98) Most penalty minutes in a game Persson vs TOR (//) 6 Crowe vs BUF (//9) Most saves by a goalie in a game 9 Lalime (//) 9 Lalime (//) Period Most goals in a period 9x Last: White vs TOR (//), nd Alfredsson vs WAS (//98) Most assists in a period x Last: Ylonen vs TOR (//), st x Last: Ylonen vs TOR (//), st Most points in a period x Last: Ylonen vs TOR (//), st Alfredsson vs WAS (//98) Most shots in a period Alfredsson vs TOR (/8/), nd WAS (/9/98), nd Most penalty minutes in a period Persson vs TOR (//), st x Last: Persson vs TOR (//), st - 6 -

10 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review Senators All-Time Playoffs Last Time Senators recorded a shutout Home: // - vs PHI Lalime (8 saves) Away: // - Lalime ( saves) Senators were shutout Home: // - vs TOR Joseph ( saves) Away: // - Joseph (9 saves) Senators won in overtime Home: /6/98 - vs NJ Yashin (:) Away: /6/98 - Havlat (:) Senators lost in overtime Home: // - vs TOR Sundin (:9) Away: // - ( OT) Roberts (:) Senators took a -goal or more lead Home: Never Away: // - - lead Opponent took a -goal or more lead Home: Never Away: // - - lead Senators scored a powerplay goal Home: Away: /8/ // - vs TOR - Redden Hossa Senators allowed a powerplay goal Home: Away: // // - vs TOR - Roberts Mogilny Senators scored a shorthanded goal Home: Never Away: //98 WAS Alfredsson Senators allowed a shorthanded goal Home: //98 - vs WAS Gonchar Away: WAS Oates Senators player had a hat trick Home: //98 - vs WAS Alfredsson Away: Never Opposing player had a hat trick Home: Never Away: Never Senators player had a -point game Home: Never Away: Never Opposing player had a -point game Home: Never Away: Never Senators player had a penalty shot Home: Never Away: Never Opposing player had a penalty shot Home: Never Away: Never Senators scored an empty net goal Home: //98 - vs NJ Kravchuk (9:) Away: // - Bonk (9:) Senators allowed an empty net goal Home: //98 - vs WAS Tinordi (9:) Away: // - Sundin (9:9) Senators scored with an extra attacker Home: Never Away: /6/ - OT L Alfredsson (9:) Opponent scored with an extra attacker Home: /6/ - vs TOR Green (9:6) Away: Never - 6 -

11 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review OTTAWA SENATORS GAME-BY-GAME - PLAYOFFS EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINALS Game Game Game Game Game Phi, Phi, / vs Phi, / vs Phi, Phi, /6 - OTL - W - W - W - W (OT) --- G A +/- G A G A +/- +/- G A +/- G A +/- G A +/- Chara Phillips Salo 6 Redden Leschyshyn Havlat Powerplay Alfredsson Powerplay Fisher - Bonk Powerplay McEachern 6 Hull Muckalt Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Hossa 8 Powerplay Arvedson - - Martins Recalled from Grand Rapids (Apr ) - Joined team on Apr Did not dress Gruden Recalled from Grand Rapids (Apr ) - Joined team on Apr Did not dress Neil 6 Brunet Persson Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress White 9 Kwiatkowski Recalled from Grand Rapids (Apr ) - Joined team on Apr Did not dress Herperger Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Hnidy Ylonen TOTALS 6 6 Powerplay 8 Min GA Sh Min GA Min GA Sh Sh Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Hurme Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Lalime

12 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review OTTAWA SENATORS GAME-BY-GAME - PLAYOFFS EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS Game Game Game Game Game Game 6 Game Tor, Tor, / vs Tor, /6 vs Tor, Tor, / vs Tor, Tor, / - W - OTL - W - L - W - L - L G A +/- G A G A +/- +/- G A +/- G A +/- G A +/- G A +/- G A +/- Chara - - Injured - Phillips - Salo - 6 Redden Powerplay Leschyshyn 9 Havlat Powerplay Alfredsson - Powerplay Fisher Injured Bonk Powerplay McEachern Hull Muckalt Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Hossa Powerplay Arvedson Martins Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Gruden Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Neil Brunet Persson Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress White - 9 Kwiatkowski Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Herperger Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Hnidy Ylonen - - TOTALS Powerplay 6 Min GA Sh Min GA Sh GA Sh Sh Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Prusek Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Did not dress Hurme Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Did not play Lalime

13 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review OTTAWA SENATORS GAME-BY-GAME - PLAYOFFS SUMMARY Round Round Overall - W vs PHI - L vs TOR G A +/- G A G G A +/- Chara - Phillips Salo 6 Redden 6 Powerplay Leschyshyn 9 Havlat - 9 Powerplay Alfredsson 6 Powerplay Fisher Bonk - - Powerplay 6 McEachern - 6 Hull Muckalt Hossa Powerplay Arvedson Martins Gruden Neil Brunet 8 Persson White 9 Kwiatkowski Herperger Hnidy Ylonen TOTALS Powerplay Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Min GA Sh Prusek Hurme Lalime

14 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review Ottawa Senators Player Game by Game - Playoffs Date Opp # CHARA # - PHILLIPS # - SALO # 6 - REDDEN # - LESCHYSHYN # 9 - HAVLAT # - ALFREDSSON Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr 6 May May May 6 May 8 May May May Vs PHI Vs PHI - / 6: - / : - / : - / : - / 6:6 - / : - / :9 - /- : - /- :9 - / :8 - / : - / 9:6 - / 9: - / : - / : - / :8 - /- :8 - / 8: - / : - / 8: - / : - / :6 - / : - / :8 - / 8:8 - / 9:9 - / : - / 9: - /- :9 - / 8:8 - / :8 - / 9: - / : - / : - / 9: - / : - / 6:9 - (W) / 6:8 - / : - / : - / : - /- :8 - / :6 - / : - / : - /- 6:9 - /- : - / :8 - / : - / 8: - / 6: - / : - / 6:6 - / 6: - / 8: - / : - / : - / : - /- :6 - / 6: - / 6: - / 6:9 - (W) / : - (W) / 6:6 - /- : - / : - / : - / : - /- : - / : - / :9 - (W) / 8: - / :6 - / : - / : - / 8: - 8/ :6 - (W) / 9: - / 9: - (W) / : - / :6 - /- : Date Opp # - FISHER # - BONK # - MCEACHERN # 6 - HULL # 8 - HOSSA # - ARVEDSON # - MARTINS Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr 6 May May May 6 May 8 May May May Vs PHI Vs PHI - /- : - / :6 - / 6: - / :6 - / :6 - / : - / : - / : - / :8 - / :6 - / : - / : - (W) / 8:6 - / 6: - / : - / : - 6/- 9: - /- : - / 8:8 - / : - /- :9 - /- : - / 8: - / : - / : - / : - / 9: - / :9 - / :6 - /- 6: - / : - / 6:9 - / :9 - /- :6 - / : - / : - / :6 - / : - / :9 - / : - / : - / : - / 8: - / 8: - / : - / 8:9 - / :8 - / : - / 8:9-6/ :8 - / : - / : - / 8: - /- :9 - / 6:8 - / : - / : - /- :9 - /- 6: - / 6: - / : - / :6 - / 6:8 - / :8 - /- 8: - / 6: - /- : - / :9 - / :8 - / :9 MIN MIN - / 6: - / : Date Opp # - NEIL #6 - BRUNET # - PERSSON #8 - WHITE # - HNIDY #6 - YLONEN # - HERPERGER Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr 6 May May May 6 May 8 May May May Vs PHI Vs PHI - / 9: - / 6:9 - / : - / : - / 8: - / :6 - / 6:8 - / : - /- : - / : - / : - / 6: - / : - / : - / : - / : - / 8: - / 8: - / 6: - / : - / : - / : - / : - / 6:8 - / : - / : - / 8: - / : - / 6: - / :9 - / 9: - / 8: - / 9: - / 8:6 - / : - / : - / : - /- : - /- : - / : - / : - / 9:6 - / :9 - / : - / : - / : - /- :8 - / 6: - /- : - /- :6 - / : - / : - / 9: - / : - / : - / 8: - / : - /- 8: - /- 9: - / :8 - / : - / : Date Opp # - MUCKALT # - GRUDEN #9 - KWIATKOWSKI # - PRUSEK # - HURME # - LALIME Apr MIN MIN MIN - L 68 Apr MIN MIN MIN - W 6 Apr Vs PHI -6 W 6 Apr Vs PHI -8 W 6 Apr 6-6 W 68 May - W 6 May / L May 6-8 W 6 May 8 - L 9 May -8 W 6 May -9 L 9 May - L

15 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals - Ottawa Senators Season in Review PLAYOFFS OTTAWA SENATORS SPECIAL TEAMS POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G# Date Opposition S O OT G Opp. PP % GA Opp. PK % Philadelphia X.. Philadelphia.. Apr vs Philadelphia Apr vs Philadelphia Apr Philadelphia X.. SERIES TOTAL AT HOME POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G Opp. PP% G Opp. PK% Overall. 9.9 ON THE ROAD POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G Opp. PP% G Opp. PK% Overall. 6. Eastern Conference Semi-Finals POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G# Date Opposition S O OT G Opp. PP % GA Opp. PK % Toronto.. Toronto X.. May 6 Vs Toronto.. May 8 Vs Toronto. 8. Toronto May Vs Toronto.. Toronto. 66. SERIES TOTAL AT HOME POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G Opp. PP% G Opp. PK% Overall ON THE ROAD POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G Opp. PP% G Opp. PK% Overall X - Denotes an overtime game SPECIAL TEAMS SUMMARY OVERALL POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G Opp. PP% G Opp. PK% Last games Last games Last games 6.. Overall AT HOME POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G Opp. PP% G Opp. PK% Last games Overall ON THE ROAD POWER PLAY PENALTY KILLING G Opp. PP% G Opp. PK% Last games.9 8. Last games Overall

16 - Ottawa Senators Season in Review OTTAWA SENATORS PLAYERS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE NHL Playoffs Ottawa Playoffs Goalkeepers GP W L MIN GA SO AVG GP W L MIN GA SO AVG Hurme Lalime Prusek NHL Playoffs Ottawa Playoffs Forwards GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM Alfredsson Arvedson 8 8 Bonk Brunet Chara Fisher Gruden Havlat Herperger Hnidy Hossa Hull 6 9 Kwiatkowski Leschyshyn 8 6 Martins McEachern 9 6 Muckalt Neil Persson 6 9 Phillips 8 8 Rachunek Redden Salo 6 6 White 6 6 Ylonen Totals SENATORS ALL-TIME PLAYOFF LEADERS Games Played Goals Assists Points *Alfredsson *Alfredsson *Alfredsson *Alfredsson *McEachern Yashin 6 *McEachern *McEachern *Redden 6 *Hossa *Hossa 9 Yashin *Bonk 6 *Redden *Redden 9 *Hossa *Arvedson *McEachern Yashin 9 *Redden *Phillips Dackell *Bonk 8 *Bonk Dackell *Bonk *Havlat *Havlat Van Allen 8 *Salo *Ylonen Kravchuk York 8 Kravchuk Five players Dackell Three players 6 Eight players York 6 Penalty Minutes Goaltenders Goaltenders *McEachern Games Played Wins *Bonk 8 *Lalime 6 *Lalime Lambert 8 Tugnutt Rhodes *Alfredsson Rhodes Tugnutt Van Allen Barrasso 6 Barrasso York Pitlick Yashin *Persson 9 Four Players 8 *On the playoff roster