In Ottawa, Artem Anisimov scored late in extra time and the Senators defeated the visiting Dallas Stars, 4-3, on Sunday night.
“Overtime is always fun to play,” Anisimov said. “You have so much time and space and you have so many chances to score — 2-on-1s, breakaways.”
Brady Tkachuk had a goal in the Senators OT win over Dallas – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Craig Anderson made 36 saves in the win.
“I thought we were pretty solid from start to finish,” Anderson said. “I thought there were no lulls in our game. I thought we were 20 guys pulling on the rope at the same time. We were playing fast, playing hard and possessing the puck when we had to.”
John Klingberg, Stephen Johns and Joe Pavelski scored for the Stars.
“No one’s made the [Stanley Cup] Playoffs yet, no one’s clinched a spot, so every game is just as important as the next,” Johns said. “Every point is just as valuable, and to get five out of six [points] on the road — obviously it’s a tough loss and the boys are hurting a little bit right now — but I think if you told us we were getting five out of six on the road, we’d all be pretty happy about that.”
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Brady Tkachuk and Tyler Ennis were the strikers for the Senators in regulation.
“We had maybe a little panic in the third when they came on, but [Anderson] was there to make the saves,” Senators head coach DJ Smith said. “I thought we broke the puck out well, I thought we had energy. I thought all the guys contributed.”
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Anton Khudobin made 42 saves in the busy loss.
“He’s been solid all year,” Dallas coach Rick Bowness saidn. “I feel bad we gave up four. But again, we’ve played a lot of road games this month early, and it caught up to us tonight, so you need your goalie to stand on his head. And he earned us that point.”
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