As his ice time started to dwindle — hitting a low of 11:18 in Game 4 and rising only to 13:37 in the 90 minute, 19 second double overtime marathon that was Game 5 — it was suggested on TSN1200 Saturday morning that the Senators might be better off making Clarke MacArthur a healthy scratch.
“He’s hit a wall,” said one host, an argument that had some merit given the miraculous, emotional charge the veteran winger had made to get back in the lineup after a 17-month absence.
Around dinner time Sunday, MacArthur hit a wall all right — by throwing himself into the glass along the left wing boards at TD Garden in celebration of scoring the OT goal that put the Senators in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2013.