Marchand set career highs and led the Bruins in goals (39) and points (85). He tied for fourth in the League in goals and was fifth in scoring. Marchand had one goal and one assist in three games against the Senators, who swept the four-game series and outscored the Bruins 11-5 in the regular season.
Marchand's speed and creativity could be keys to the Bruins defeating the Senators, but he knows he can't play with reckless abandon or try to do too much.
"That's where they thrive is turnovers," Marchand said. "Their system is basically to try to clog up the neutral zone, get turnovers and kind of go from there. So you do have to be very aware of how you play with the puck and where you play with it. You have to take care of it a lot more against this team so we're all going to have to do that and hopefully we'll see where it goes."
As a rookie, Marchand had 19 points (11 goals, eight assists) in 25 games during the Bruins' run to the 2011 Stanley Cup. Subsequent trips to the playoffs, however, haven't gone as well for Marchand. He has 18 points (four goals, 14 assists) in his past 34 postseason games, including no goals and five assists in 12 games in 2014.
"Ottawa's a very tough team and we're all going to have to be great. I don't think anything's going to be different than in the past. You go out there and try to do your best and try to compete with that team," Marchand said. "So that's what I'm going to try to do it is work my hardest and hopefully things go well."
