Senators vs. Bruins: On season’s final day, East playoff picture to be set

After dominating the first half of the game and moving out to a 2-0 lead, the Senators gave up two goals in around 20 seconds of playing time at the very end of the second and beginning of the third periods, and the score was tied at two.

The contest stayed tied until late in the third, when Ottawa’s Jean-Gabriel Pageau gave the Senators the lead with about three minutes to go, scoring on the rebound of a Marc Methot shot. Ottawa would add an empty-net goal, and the Senators downed the Bruins by a final score of 4-2.

Saturday night was supposed to be the final night of the NHL’s regular season, but with postponement forcing the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators into a Sunday season finale at TD Garden, the Eastern Conference playoff picture will have to wait another day.

The Bruins currently sit in fourth place in the Eastern Conference after their shootout loss to the Washington Capitals on a Saturday and the Montreal Canadiens’ win over the Maple Leafs, but Boston’s still in complete control of their own destiny heading into their final game.