The Ottawa Senators will try to end a four-game losing streak (0-2-2) and climb the Atlantic Division standings; they are four points behind the first-place Montreal Canadiens with one game in hand. "We just want 60 minutes of our identity," coach Guy Boucher said. "We didn't have that last game (4-1 loss to the Canadiens on Sunday). I understand it was a back-to-back and three-in-four and on the road and it was tough. But I think that we didn't have 60 minutes of what we normally are and our identity." The Senators also need a win to stay ahead of the third-place Boston Bruins, who are four points behind them. "[We have] to bounce back," forward Bobby Ryan said. "Obviously we've talked about the bit of a slide but there's not a lot of panic in the room. The guys are confident in this room. We're not going to change anything. We're going to continue to stick to our system but play it tighter." Forward Chris Kelly will play at TD Garden for the first time since he left the Bruins to sign with the Senators as an unrestricted free agent July 7. Kelly, 36, had 101 points (43 goals, 58 assists) in 288 regular-season games and won the 2011 Stanley Cup with the Bruins. He last played in Boston on Nov. 3, 2015, when he broke his femur against the Dallas Stars, ending his season. "It's good to be back on the ice," he said. "I'm glad I got the opportunity to get back on that ice; it's not the way I wanted to finish leaving that ice surface the way I did."
