The Ottawa Senators entered their match Tuesday with the Vancouver Canucks without a regulation loss.
That streak ended with a 3-0 shutout loss to the Canucks. 
Anders Nilsson made 32 saves in his first game with the Canucks to get the win.
“You’re always going out there and try to have a shutout, of course it’s a nice bonus, but the most important thing and the thing we need right now is two points,” Nilsson said. “That’s almost a nicer feeling.
“I felt good all night. Ottawa came out and pushed us back in the first period, so I got to make some saves early and get into the game right away. In the second and third I thought we took over the game and we were the better team.”
Brock Boeser, Alexander Burmistrov and Thomas Vanek scored for the Canucks.
“It’s huge, especially being on the road here,” Vanek said. “This is a team that’s rebuilding, trying to learn how to win with a lot of newer faces, younger guys, so this is huge. You’ve got to win on the road to have success, so against a very good, structured Ottawa team, that’s a big win.”
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Craig Anderson made 21 saves in taking the loss.
“Their goalie played outstanding. He’s a big man. We knew that he was probably going to stop all of our first shots because of his size. We knew we had to work hard around him to get secondary chances and third chances. We didn’t do enough of that, that’s for sure,” Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said after the game.
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