Lost opportunity tough to swallow
Posted on April 24, 2010
The Ottawa Senators had no one to blame but themselves.
The Senators playoff hopes came to a crashing halt Saturday night in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, eliminating them from the Eastern Conference quarter-final series 4-2.
Ottawa got the perfect start they were looking for and jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but the experience of the defending Stanley Cup champions combined with the Senators sitting back a bit too much proved to be devastating.
"It's tough losing that way when you have a lead like that," said Ottawa's Jason Spezza.