Shane Prince has the ability, rare and extremely valuable for a hockey player, to be in the right place at the right time. He showed that twice in the first period Wednesday night when he was just where he needed to be, left of the crease, to fire home two goals. As far as he is concerned, he was just as perfectly positioned at the NHL trading deadline this year.
“I was home, just hanging out with a teammate there,” he said, recalling being in Ottawa on Feb. 29 as a member of the Senators. “One of the assistant GMs called.