"Oh my goodness, history, I couldn't care less about history," Boucher said here before leaving for Ottawa. "History is different people at different times at different circumstances. So for us it's all about us right now against the Bruins. They've been a great opponent all year long, we're expecting nothing less the next game. We're expecting a one-goal game, an overtime, and really we're just focusing on the first 10 minutes of the next game."
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The Senators' 1-0 win in Game 4 on Wednesday was their third straight and the fourth one-goal game in the series. They won 4-3 in overtime in Games 2 and 3. Ottawa has defeated Boston seven of eight times this season, including a four-game sweep in the regular season.
In addition to getting outstanding individual performances from defenseman Erik Karlsson (five assists) and forward Bobby Ryan (three goals, two assists), the Senators have managed to stick to their system and be patient throughout much of the series. When they've veered off the path, they've quickly corrected themselves.
Now one win from advancing to the Eastern Conference Second Round, the Senators are trying to avoid being overexuberant.
"It's important [to finish the series] but you're not thinking, 'Oh, we have to do this,'" Ottawa center Kyle Turris said. "I mean, we're just going into next game just thinking the same way we have all series, just playing our system, trying to limit what they get and score on the opportunities we do get to kind of give us a chance. If it doesn't happen next game, we're going to do the same thing the game after that. So we won't get frustrated, but we do realize there's urgency involved."