2. STARS COME OUT
Five of Ottawa's top-six forwards -- Mark Stone, Bobby Ryan, Derick Brassard, Clarke MacArthur and Mike Hoffman -- combined for four points (one goal, three assists) through Games 1-4.
In Games 5 and 6, those five combined for 11 points (five goals, six assists). Ottawa won 5-4 in overtime in Game 5 before taking Game 6 to win the series.
The emergence of the Senators' top scorers made the difference late in the series.
3. GOALTENDING
Goalie Craig Anderson saved his best performance for Game 6, when he made 37 saves to help eliminate the Rangers.
"They had a huge push at the start of the third period, and [Anderson] makes four or five huge saves to keep the [3-2] lead," Stone said. "That could be the difference in the series; just getting that one huge performance from him might have sealed the deal for us."
Anderson missed 31 regular-season games after his wife Nicholle was diagnosed with throat cancer.
"It's just a great end to the series with him playing that well in such a difficult environment with what he's lived through this year," coach Guy Boucher said. "He's done that all year under difficult circumstances, was able to tune everything out and do the job."