Brad Marchand went a little too far in trying to get an opponent hot under the collar. The well-know Bruins agitator put his hand around the neck of Senators forward Nick Cousins in the first period of Boston’s 2-0 win Thursday night.

Tim Stutzle scored in the shootout to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins. Leevi Merilainen, who made 23 saves in regulation and overtime, turned away all three Bruins skaters in the tiebreaker.

Analyzing Thursday’s Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins odds and lines, with NHL expert picks, predictions and best bets.

The Ottawa Senators were unable to find the back of the net as they fell to the Boston Bruins by a score of 2-0.

To call the Senators’ comeback 6-5 shootout victory over the Bruins to kick off ... that brought Linus Ullmark to Ottawa, has shown marked improvement in Boston. He has an 8-4-2 record with ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins take on the Ottawa Senators in a matchup of Atlantic Division teams. Boston is 23-20-6 overall and 8-5-2 against the Atlantic Division. The Bruins are 19-3-2 when scoring three or more goals.

The two teams met over the weekend when the Bruins lost the lead in the final minutes of regulation and then the game in a shootout.

There will (probably) be NHL hockey this fall in the Old Capital. According to Bruce Garrioch, tomorrow, the Ottawa Senators are expected to announce that they will play one or two games in Quebec City during the preseason schedule for the upcoming season.

In order to make changes for the future, there are a couple of things the organization needs to prioritize in the next three months.

Today, NHL.com/fi writer Varpu Sihvonen reveals what her Team Finland roster would've looked like in 1995.

After years of instability, the Ottawa Senators may have finally figured out their defence. The team allows an average of just 2.79 goals per game, the seventh-lowest in the NHL.