OTTAWA - The Montreal Canadiens never expected their first round opponent to go down easily.
The Canadiens are feeling comfortable despite losing 1-0 to the Ottawa Senators Wednesday night in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final series. The win helped the Senators stave off elimination, although Montreal still leads the series 3-1 and hosts Game 5 Friday night.
"We'll take the good things out of this game, go back home and focus on Game 5," said Canadiens defenceman Tom Gilbert. "We get another chance to close out a series in front of our home crowd who create so much energy for us so we'll definitely use that to our advantage.