To be honest, I don't think it matters that much. It's way too early in the season to pick and choose which teams we want to win in the wild card race. Right now we're on pace for 93 pts, which is fine and should get us in the playoffs. If Columbus loses, it just means a different team takes their place as the biggest threat to us (ie. Detroit). In fact, Columbus is no threat at all. If they pass us in the standings, we're still in a playoff position. It's Detroit, Boston, Montreal, Rangers, Islanders that are a threat to us.
Right now, I'm way more interested in Toronto, Florida and Tampa. If we can finish ahead of one of those teams, the Metro is completely irrelevant to us.
At the end of the day, the Sens are very firmly in control of their destiny, and the pack below us is way too bunched up to pick and choose who we want to win.