They did it. The really, really did it.With Cam Akers Jersey their 3-1 win in Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon, the completed a stunning second half turnaround and clinched a playoff spot for the first time since the 2012-13 season, overcoming what seemed to be an insurmountable deficit in the Eastern Conference standings.On Saturday, it was the same formula that Ottawa has used for the better half of the past two months. stopped a lot of shots. kept scoring goals. And the Senators found a way to keep winning, finishing the season on an incredible 23-4-4 run.When it started back on Feb Robert Rochell Jersey . 10 with a win over the , they were 12 points out of a playoff spot and in 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings.But thanks to a previously unheard of goalie in Hammond, and increased playing time for younger players like Mark Stone and , the Senators continued to inch closer and closer to a playoff berth every night, staying in the race when they basically had no margin for error Torry Holt Jersey of the final two months of the season. They needed to be nearly perfect, and that's pretty much exactly what they were.While Hammond has received most of the credit -- and the endorsements -- the play of Stone and Hoffman can not be overlooked. With his two goals on Saturday, Stone finishes the season as one of the top rookie scorers in the with 26 goals and 64 points.No matter what they do in the playoffs, it's really one of the most improbable runs in recent NHL history when you consider the deficit they had to Landen Akers Jersey overcome, when they had to overcome, and that the driving force behind all of it was a goalie that in this very season had the third worst save percentage in the AHL before he was called up to the big club.At this point their first-round matchup is yet to be determined. They still have a chance to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division if the Red Wings lose in regulation to the Carolina Hurricanes. If the Red Wings win, the Senators will be a wild card team. The Senators' win also means that for the to earn a playoff spot they will need to beat the on AJ Jackson Jersey Saturday night and hope the lose to the Buffalo Sabres.