Way back on March 18 and 19, the Montreal Canadiens swept a weekend series from the Ottawa Senators. The Habs spent the subsequent week losing to the Detroit Red Wings and the Carolina Hurricanes, while Ottawa won in regulation in Boston and defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a shootout. As a result, when the Sens returned to the Bell Centre looking for revenge on Saturday, March 25, they were once again a regulation win away from taking over first place in the Atlantic Division.
Shea Weber and Andrei Markov, though, had other plans.