The Boston Bruins and the Ottawa Senators both have something to play for the in the final game on the NHL schedule as the playoffs start on Tuesday, with one team looking for a division win and the other looking to avoid the eighth spot in the Eastern conference and a matchup with the number one seeded Penguins.
The Senators have been jumped over by the Islanders and Rangers as the season came to a close and now the Rangers are locked into the sixth spot, while the Senators can move up with a win on Sunday night, which is a makeup game at the TD Garden after the original date was cancelled following the Boston bombing attack. The Bruins are chasing the Canadiens, who are currently tops in the division, but with a win in regulation or overtime, Boston will clinch the number two seed. The Senators have lost three times in the past four games and needs a win to stay out of the way of the Penguins playoff matchup.
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In other league news, the Dallas Stars franchise has decided to move on in a new direction and fired GM Joe Nieuwendyk on Sunday after the team failed to reach the Stanley Cup playoffs for a fifth consecutive season and Red Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill, who has spent 19 years in that team's front office, is widely expected to take over from Nieuwendyk, 46.
The Stars have twice won the Western Conference Finals, and went on to clinch the Stanley Cup for the only time in 1999 when Nieuwendyk earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as the post-season's most valuable player.
