They poked the Bear hard — one, two, three times in a row, then wrestled the thing to the ground.
The mistake the Senators made, once again, was waiting for someone to count the Bruins out.
Ottawa’s lack of killer instinct made life more difficult than it needed to be in Game 3 of a best-of-seven playoff series with Boston that was tied 1-1 before Bobby Ryan’s overtime heroics.
When Mike Hoffman scored his second goal of the game at 3:42 of the second period to give the Senators a 3-0 lead, it was with the team’s 16th shot on goal.