Category: HOCKEY

OTTAWA, ON — Matvei Michkov scored from a sharp angle at the side the goal at 4:05 of overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 5-4 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Anthony Richard and Bobby Brink tied it for Philadelphia midway through the third period with goals in a 2:03 span. Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny also scored. Ivan Fedotov made 33 saves.

Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Josh Norris and Adam Gaudette scored for Ottawa, coming off road victories over Boston and Toronto. Linus Ullmark made 14 saves.

OTTAWA, ON — Bo Horvat had a goal and two assists, and the New York Islanders beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday night.

Anders Lee had a goal and an assist for New York, which won for the third time in four games. Oliver Wahlstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored, and Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves.

Nick Jensen and Drake Batherson scored for Ottawa in the third period. Tim Stutzle had two assists.

Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg made 21 stops.

Wahlstrom’s first goal of the season lifted New York to a 3-0 lead 2:41 into the third. But Jensen scored his first of the year at 7:43 and Batherson made it 3-2 with his sixth with 5:33 remaining.

But Horvat put it away with an empty-netter with 10 seconds to go.

Ottawa had a scary moment on a power play midway through the first period when Josh Norris’ shot deflected off Ryan Pulock and caught Stutzle hard in the forehead.

Stutzle returned to start the second period and played the remainder of the game.

OTTAWA, ON — Anton Forsberg stopped 22 shots and recorded a shutout against the Seattle Kraken for the second year in a row, lifting the Ottawa Senators to a 3-0 win on Saturday night.

Brady Tkachuk scored in the second period, his team-leading seventh of the season.

Adam Gaudette opening the scoring in the first period with a backhanded chip-in after a coach’s challenge overturned an initial no-goal ruling. Gaudette has scored six goals in his last five games.

Tim Stutzle added an empty netter with just over two minutes remaining.

The Kraken had plenty of chances as the Senators began to run out of gas on the second night of a back-to-back, but had no answer for Forsberg. Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer made 20 saves in a losing effort.

OTTAWA, ON – Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle and Adam Gaudette each scored two goals as the Ottawa Senators beat the St. Louis Blues 8-1 on Tuesday night.

The game was delayed 30 minutes due to power outage at the Canadian Tire Centre, but the Senators offense came out fully charged after that.

Josh Norris scored a minute into the game, while Noah Gregor added another just three minutes later before Stützle — who snapped a six-game goalless drought — added his first of the game.

Linus Ullmark made 26 saves to record his second victory of the season.

The Senators chased Blues’ starting goalie Joel Hofer after he let in five goals — including back-to-back power-play efforts from Tkachuk in the second period — on 21 shots.

Jordan Binnington allowed three goals in relief.

The Blues finally got on the board with a power-play goal from Dylan Holloway at 9:04 of the third period.

It was the second time in 15 days the Senators scored eight goals, after an 8-7 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 14.

OTTAWA, ON — Drake Batherson had two goals and an assist, and the Ottawa Senators handed Tampa Bay its first loss of the season with a 5-4 victory over the Lightning on Saturday.

Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk and Noah Gregor also scored for Ottawa (3-2-0), and Anton Forsberg made 25 saves. Jake Sanderson collected three assists.

Gregor’s short-handed goal lifted the Senators to a 5-3 lead 6:17 into the third period. It was his first goal of the season.

Nikita Kucherov scored his NHL-best seventh goal for Tampa Bay. Nick Paul, Jake Guentzel and Mitchell Chaffee also scored for the Lightning (3-1-0).

OTTAWA, ON — Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 shots and lost his shutout bid in the final minutes as the New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Thursday night.

Erik Haula, Nathan Bastian and Paul Cotter scored for the Devils, who won for the third time in four games and improved to 5-2-0.

The Senators, who were coming off an 8-7 overtime victory against Los Angeles on Monday, struggled to beat Markstrom.

Brady Tkachuk was the only scorer for the Senators, beating Markstrom, with a power-play goal with 65 seconds remaining in the third period.

Anton Forsberg, making his second straight start and hoping to rebound after getting pulled Monday, made 32 saves in the loss.

Haula opened the scoring early in the second period and Bastian added a short-handed goal, giving New Jersey a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes. Cotter scored midway through the third.

OTTAWA, ON – Josh Norris capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning goal 56 seconds into overtime and the Ottawa Senators beat the Los Angeles Kings 8-7 on Monday.

Zack MacEwen also had a pair for the Senators, with Jake Sanderson, Drake Batherson, Thomas Chabot and Claude Giroux also chipping in.

Anton Forsberg surrendered three goals on nine shots before being replaced by Mads Sogaard, who was recalled on an emergency basis Monday morning and allowed four goals on 17 shots.

Kevin Fiala and Alex Laferriere each scored a pair for the Kings, while Trevor Lewis, Adrian Kempe and Tanner Jeannot also scored. Darcy Kuemper made 33 saves.

Tied 6-6 midway through the third, Norris gave the Senators their first lead of the game, but Jeannot tied it up with 5:34 remaining.

The Kings have not lost to the Senators in regulation since Jan. 10, 2019.

OTTAWA, ON – Linus Ullmark’s official debut with the Senators was a success, with the goaltender making 30 saves in a 3-1 win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

With the Senators holding a 2-1 lead in the third, Ullmark was solid making saves on Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich and Carter Verhaeghe.

Ottawa took a two-goal lead in the first with Tim Stutzle’s power-play goal and a great solo effort from Shane Pinto to beat Sergei Bobrovsky, who made 29 saves, with a laser over the shoulder.

Gustav Forsling scored the lone goal for the Panthers (1-1-0).

OTTAWA, ON – Shane Pinto capped off the NHL pre-season with a hat trick, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

It was the final exhibition game for both teams with Ottawa finishing with a 5-1-1 record, while Montreal was 2-4.

Michael Amadio also scored for the Senators, while Linus Ullmark looked solid stopping 23 shots.

Christian Dvorak and Arber Xhekaj scored for the Canadiens. Sam Montembeault made 15 saves.

Trailing 4-1, and struggling to beat Ullmark, Xhekaj found a way with a shot from the point midway through the third.

After a solid first Pinto continued to lead the way for the Senators in the second chipping in with a goal and an assist to give Ottawa a 4-1 lead.

Just 22 seconds into the period, Amadio tipped in an Artem Zub shot. Four minutes later, Pinto forced a turnover on the Montreal power play and scored on a breakaway, beating Montembeault with a backhand.

The Senators took a 2-1 lead in the first period after Pinto scored a pair of goals.

Pinto opened the scoring just 44 seconds into the game when he picked up a Noah Gregor rebound.

Ottawa, with a two-man advantage, made it 2-0 at 5:57 after Pinto tipped a Jake Sanderson shot past Montembeault.

Montreal cut the lead in half late in the period after a battle for the puck behind the net led to a bouncing puck in front and Dvorak was able to put it past Ullmark.

OTTAWA, ON — After failing to meet expectations this season, the Ottawa Senators wanted to at least send fans home on a positive note.

Thanks to Drake Batherson’s shootout winner on Saturday night they were able to do just that.

Batherson was the game hero in a 5-4 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens beating netminder Cayden Primeau low blocker.

“Me and Alfie actually did a video about that a few weeks back kind of, about that move,” said Batherson. “I figured I would try it. My first chance doing it and, you know, it worked out and he kind of gave me a wink there after, so it was funny.”

Senators captain Brady Tkachuk had a pair of goals and an assist, while Shane Pinto and Thomas Chabot also scored for Ottawa (36-40-4). Joonas Korpisalo made 21 saves.

Tkachuk, who set a career high in goals (37) had himself an impressive night with 12 shots on goal and eight hits in addition to his three points.

“I mean, in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t really mean much,” said Tkachuk. “Like I said this morning, it wasn’t about individual goals this year it was more team goals and unfortunately we didn’t hit them and I think there’s a lot of lessons to be learned this year.”

It was somewhat bittersweet for Senators interim head coach Jacques Martin, who coached his final game at Canadian Tire Centre as he will not be returning behind the Ottawa bench next season.

“It’s been great,” said Martin. “I enjoyed the opportunity to come back and hopefully help the team understand what it takes to be in the playoffs, how you need to play on a nightly basis, help the players grow and maybe get better.

“As an organization I think we have some work to do, but I think we’re headed in the right direction.”

Cole Caufield led the way for Montreal with a pair of goals. Mike Matheson and Alex Newhook also scored for Montreal (30-36-14). Primeau stopped 39 shots.

The Senators swept the season series 3-0 and with nine wins against Montreal, tied their longest winning streak against one opponent. Ottawa also won nine in a row against Buffalo.

“For whatever reason they’ve had our number for a bit,” said Newhook. “They play a fast game. They play a skilled game. I thought we did a pretty good job of limiting their chances tonight for a pretty dangerous offensive team, and unlucky to not come away with a win.”

With a divided sellout crowd there was plenty for all the fans to cheer about with end-to-end action in the overtime period, but things remained unresolved.

Chabot forced the extra period scoring with 1:05 remaining in regulation tipping a Batherson point shot with Korpisalo on the bench.

“The fact that we’ve been in so many (close games) this year, those are reps you can’t buy,” said Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis. “They’re real reps. Sometimes you’re up protecting a lead, you’re trying to crawl back, you’re trying to get back in the game. Obviously, the overtimes and the shootouts, they are what they are, but I think as we keep progressing, we’ll find ourselves on the other side of them.”

The Canadiens had taken a 4-3 lead with 4:11 left in the third when a centring pass went in off Ottawa’s Jakob Chychrun skate.

Tkachuk tied the game, 3-3, with his second power-play goal of the game 47 seconds into the third period.

Montreal took a 2-1 lead just 97 seconds into the second when Caufield slid the puck under a sprawled out Korpisalo.

Ottawa cut the lead back to one with a power-play goal at 8:36. Claude Giroux dropped a pass back to Pinto who snapped a shot from the slot, but Montreal replied with a power-play goal of its own with Caufield finding the top corner.

Montreal opened the scoring with a short-handed goal after Jake Sanderson had a rare turnover at the blue line allowing Matheson to break in alone and beat Korpisalo stick side.

Tkachuk tied the game with a power-play goal at 13:08 when he grabbed his own rebound out front and backhanded a shot past Primeau.

OTTAWA, ON — Brendan Smith had a goal and two assists and the Devils snapped a three-game losing streak by holding on for a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

Erik Haula, Ondrej Palat and Nico Hischier also scored for New Jersey, which won the season series 2-1. Jake Allen made 25 saves.

Jake Sanderson, Claude Giroux and Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa, which trailed 4-1 after two periods and has now lost three in a row.

Anton Forsberg got the start in net for Ottawa but was pulled in the first period after allowing three goals on just nine shots. Joonas Korpisalo allowed one goal and made 18 saves.

With the Senators trailing 4-1, Giroux cut the Devils’ lead in half with a power-play goal from the top of the faceoff circle at 3:37.

Moments later, New Jersey forward Jack Hughes was awarded a penalty shot after Ottawa defenseman Thomas Chabot wrapped his stick around him on a breakaway. But Hughes whiffed on the puck.

Chabot returned after missing four games with a lower-body injury.

Tkachuk made it a one-goal game with 5:43 left to play. Hischier’s slap shot went wide and wrapped around the boards and down the ice just as Tkachuk was getting on the ice and he broke in alone and beat Allen for his 34th goal of the season.

Sanderson put the Senators on the board with a power-play goal just 33 seconds into the second period, blasting a shot past Allen from the blue line to make it 3-1.

The Devils regained their three-goal lead at 11:04 with Hischier beating Korpisalo in close.

New Jersey jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period.

Haula beat Forsberg under the arm stick side 3:50 into the first. Palat doubled the lead at 12:36, tipping Luke Hughes’ shot. Smith made it 3-0 with a slap shot from just inside the blue line at 16:34, ending Forsberg’s night.

OTTAWA, ON – Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists and the Florida Panthers routed the Ottawa Senators 6-0 on Thursday night.

Panthers coach Paul Maurice moved into sole possession of fourth place on the NHL victory list with 865.

“I (once) thought, ‘If I could coach 500 games in this league, that would be something else,’ because I think the average number is about 250 or 350,” Maurice said. “I think you hit it and you go, ‘If I could get 500 wins, that would be something,’ and then you just start getting older. I have more fun coaching the game now than I ever have in my life.”

Nick Cousins, Dmitry Kulikov, Anton Lundell, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart also scored to help Florida improve to 48-24-5.

“It took everybody, including obviously ‘Bob,’ but all four lines and everybody was in it today,” Lundell said. “It was a great team win.”

Joonas Korpisalo allowed four goals on 17 shots for Ottawa. Anton Forsberg gave up two on 14 shots in relief.

“Not much needs to be said,” Ottawa star Brady Tkachuk said. “That was embarrassing.”

With Florida up 5-0 to start the third, Tkachuk scored a power-play goal by tipping in Aleksander Barkov shot in front.

Florida padded its 2-0 lead by scoring three times in the second period.

Lundell, who was below the goal line, banked a shot off Korpisalo’s shoulder to make it 3-0 at 2:35. Less than two minutes later Tkachuk dropped a pass to a trailing Bennett, who beat Korpisalo to end the goalie’s night.

Forsberg came on in relief but, with just over two minutes remaining in the period, Reinhart scored his 53rd of the season.

The Panthers opened the scoring 1:02 into the game, with Cousins taking a pass in the slot and beating Korpisalo Kulikov made it 2-0 35 seconds later with a shot from just inside the blue line.