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Boston Bruins vs Ottawa Senators NHL October 24 2009 preview (nhl.com) :
The Northeast Division rivals meet for the first time this season — in fact, it’s the Bruins’ first game within their own division. Boston won the first five of last season’s six games before Ottawa’s 3-2 home win on the last Tuesday of the season.The Bruins have won nine of the last 11 meetings since the start of 2008. Inconsistency has been the one constant with the Bruins this season — they’ve alternated in a lose-one, win-one pattern since opening night. Their task got harder this week when No. 1 center Marc Savard and top-six forward Milan Lucic both went down with injuries that will keep them out for an extended period. So far, they’ve done a good job rising to the task — Boston beat Nashville on Wednesday and got a point in a 4-3 shootout loss at Philadelphia on Thursday. The Senators had won five out of six before Thursday’s wild 6-5 overtime loss to Nashville. Ottawa trailed 3-0 entering the third period, forced overtime and capped a five-goal eruption when Chris Phillips scored a shorthanded goal with 1.6 seconds left in regulation, but lost in OT. The Bruins ran away with the division title in 2008-09, but this season has been a struggle from the start — and it’s going to get tougher without two of their big guns. Thursday’s shoot-’em-up with the Predators was a very out-of-character game for the Senators, who had allowed two goals or fewer in five of their first seven games. Newcomer Steve Begin, signed as a free agent this summer, has contributed goals in back-to-back games forthe Bruins
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