Going into Thursday night’s game against the Boston Bruins, the Ottawa Senators knew they would clinch an NHL playoff berth with anything but a regulation loss. The magic number was one, meaning any single point earned, or a New York Islander and Tampa Bay Lightning loss would help them clinch.

The Senators took care of business themselves, and took down the Bruins in penalty shootout to clinch a playoff berth.

We searched high and low across the Internet and found our favourite celebratory Twitter and Instagram posts celebrating the Sens return to the NHL post-season.

 

 

Playoffs! Whoo! ...now to pretend like I've been watching all season. #senators #nhl

A post shared by Josh Goudie (@joshgoudie) on

 

Ottawa get your towels!!! It's playoff time. #nhl #hockey #ottawa #senators

A post shared by Michael Jacobsen (@mikejacobs92) on

 

The Sens are back in the playoffs!