The Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins are in a dogfight for second place in the Atlantic Division.
On Tuesday night, the Senators managed a 3-2 win to snap a four-game skid to give them a six-point lead over the Bruins in Boston.
Craig Anderson backstopped the Sens to 3-2 win over Bruins – file photo by Brent Clark
Kyle Turris scored twice in the win.
“Anytime you can kind of stop a streak like that and get back in the win column, start going the other way, it’s important because you let those go for too long and you start doubting things, and you’ve got to start cleaning up,” Turris said. “So it’s nice that we were able to kind of finish that off tonight.”
Craig Anderson made 34 saves to back up the win as the Sens improved to 40-24-8.
“It was definitely one for the ages. I think it was definitely a physical battle, guys going back and forth after the whistle, in between whistles. It was just one of those games where both teams are fighting for their playoff lives and that just made for a hard, gritty, hard-nosed hockey game,” Anderson of the playoff intensity of the game.
David Krejci and Torey Krug scored for the Bruins who dropped to 38-29-6.
The Bruins had a chance to put a little distance between themselves and the Toronto Maple Leafs but were unable to get there.
“The frustrating part was our lack of finish or … I thought it was tremendous goaltending at their end,” Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “It stole them a game. And certainly we lost some of our discipline early in the game, I think that frustrated us more than anything.”
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Tuukka Rask made 19 saves in taking the loss.
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