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NEW YORK — The status quo will remain for the Ottawa Senators.
Coach Guy Boucher told reporters Tuesday morning he isn’t making any changes for Game 3 of the East semifinal against the New York Rangers at the Madison Square Garden with the Senators leading the series 2-0.
Coming off a 6-5 double-overtime victory in Game 2 Saturday at home, Boucher wants his team to play better but doesn’t feel the need to make any changes. That means forward Tom Pyatt and defenceman Chris Wideman will both be scratched for this one.
Boucher said the Senators have to be ready for the level of desperation the Rangers are going to bring.
“It’s easy to say there’s desperation but until there is it’s something you have to create superficially,” said Boucher Tuesday morning. “We’re desperate to win every game and if you look at the consequences of today’s game they’re big and our players are aware of that.
“We’ve been in Boston’s barn where they had all the urgency in the world and we had to match that and we had to play our game and we were able to. I’m looking at today as the toughest game we’ll have all year long and that’s how I approach it. They’re going to be at their best, their most desperate and their players do what they do best and we can’t expect anything below that.”
Rangers coach Alain Vigneault wouldn’t shed light on any possible changes.
“You’ll see tonight,” said Vigneault.
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Coach Guy Boucher told reporters Tuesday morning he isn’t making any changes for Game 3 of the East semifinal against the New York Rangers at the Madison Square Garden with the Senators leading the series 2-0.
Coming off a 6-5 double-overtime victory in Game 2 Saturday at home, Boucher wants his team to play better but doesn’t feel the need to make any changes. That means forward Tom Pyatt and defenceman Chris Wideman will both be scratched for this one.
Boucher said the Senators have to be ready for the level of desperation the Rangers are going to bring.
“It’s easy to say there’s desperation but until there is it’s something you have to create superficially,” said Boucher Tuesday morning. “We’re desperate to win every game and if you look at the consequences of today’s game they’re big and our players are aware of that.
“We’ve been in Boston’s barn where they had all the urgency in the world and we had to match that and we had to play our game and we were able to. I’m looking at today as the toughest game we’ll have all year long and that’s how I approach it. They’re going to be at their best, their most desperate and their players do what they do best and we can’t expect anything below that.”
Rangers coach Alain Vigneault wouldn’t shed light on any possible changes.
“You’ll see tonight,” said Vigneault.
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