The Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators have had a growing rivalry for several years. Rarely do the two teams meet in boring games, even in the playoffs. This year, the two rivals had the challenge of playing each other four times in only eight days. The Sens have had the upper hand in the first three games, including tonight's game. There is a lot of physical play between the two clubs and head coach DJ Smith sent a clear message to the Tricolore players after Thursday night's game: « We don't like the other team to target our players. We will be ready for the next game. » - DJ Smith <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/1578187877456162818?t=gTdaY2sysGXWarUfNIg2ew&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> Certainly seeing players dive like Tim Stutzle did early in the game, or seeing an impactful check on Kirby Dach, followed by Arber Xhekaj's battle with Austin Watson, livens up the troops. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Marqueur/status/1578151715559407616?t=vBfQ5LjIzsB3QARTi7ZElg&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Marqueur/status/1578179313119232000?t=yKg9UTb9PMkpheSTTpLXww&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> Either way, let's hope the Habs players are ready too, because the Senators are capable of scraping!