IN THIS CORNER

That was our best game in the playoffs by far. We got off to a great start and the atmosphere was amazing. Hopefully, this gives us some confidence. We’re pretty good. We’re surprising a lot of people. But we know they’re a really good team.

— Derick Brassard Ott on the awa Senators beating the Stanley defending Cup champion Penguins 5- 1 Wednesday, on deflecting criticism of the club’s defensive s tyle of p lay