In Nashville, Drake Batherson and Alex DeBrincat scored in the third period for the Ottawa Senators to give them a 3-1 lead.
The Sens then held off the Predators for a 3-2 win on Saturday afternoon.
“They were our best line tonight, Pinto, Drake and [DeBrincat],” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. “Drake’s best game in a long time. He’s physical, he’s big, he’s all over the puck, and if they are going to give us that every night, it gives us a lot more options and it makes it harder certainly for the other team to check us.”
Ottawa improved to 11-14-2.
Cam Talbot made 27 saves in the Senators win.
“I thought we played a good game, back and forth, physical,” Nashville defenseman Dante Fabbro said. “So I think if we bring that intensity every night, it’s going to give us a good chance to win.”
Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the middle frame on a strike from Yakov Trenin
“Yeah, it feels good,” Trenin said. “Had a couple chances that I could shoot today, but I was like delayed on the puck and then had the puck on my stick and I couldn’t shoot. Just decided to shoot again and it went in.”
Claude Giroux scored his 12th of the season to tie the game, 1-1, in the second.
DeBrincat put the Sens ahead, 2-1, in the third.
“Puck luck is a big thing,” DeBrincat said. “You see that one goes in, and then I have an empty net on that power play at the end and I hit a post. Sometimes it goes one way then the other. It’s a good team win.”
Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period to cut the Nashville deficit to one goal, at 3-2m but that was as close as they got.
Juuse Saros made 30 saves in the Preds loss.
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