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Stutzle breaks tie in 3rd, Senators edge Sharks

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SAN JOSE, Calif.  — Tim Stutzle scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and had an assist, helping the Ottawa Senators rally to defeat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 at SAP Center on Saturday.

Stutzle gave Ottawa a 3-2 lead at 13:22. He took a stretch pass up the middle from Jake Sanderson and skated in on a 2-on-0 with Nick Cousins before San Jose goalie Alex Nedeljkovic stopped Cousins’ backhand with his outstretched left pad. Stutzle then poked the puck off the goal line and into an open net.

“Great pass by [Jake Sanderson],” Stutzle said. “I didn’t know if it was offside or not, so I kind of just followed up the play.”

Linesperson Brandon Gawryletz drops the puck on a faceoff between Tim Stutzle (18) and Maklin Celebrini (71) – Photo by Jack Lima

Dylan Cozens and Fabian Zetterlund also scored for the Senators (11-6-4), who have won the first two of a seven-game road trip and are 5-1-1 in their past seven. Linus Ullmark made 17 saves.

“Just another gritty effort, a lot like the other night,” said Ottawa coach Travis Green, whose team came from behind to defeat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday. “Thought we played decent in the first half of the game, and then I thought we kind of picked up the pace of our game with our tracking and our forecheck. Spent a lot of time in their zone. Had a lot of good looks.”

Former Sharks player Fabain Zetterlund (center) celebrates his game tying goal with teammates Hayden Hodgson (42) and Jordan Spence (right) – Photo by Jack Lima

John Klingberg and Barclay Goodrow scored, and Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for the Sharks (10-9-3), who had won two in a row. Macklin Celebrini had an assist to extend his point streak to four games (six points; three goals, three assists).

“We couldn’t win a puck at all,” San Jose coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “Defensively, offensively, and when you don’t win pucks, you basically just skate and chase it. That’s what we did.”

Will Smith appeared to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead 1:27 into the first period, but his goal was overturned after the Senators challenged for offside.

Linespersons Ryan Jackson (left) and Brandon Gawryletz (64) attempt to break up the fight between Ryan Reaves (75) and Hayden Hodgson (42) – Photo by Jack Lima

Cozens put Ottawa in front 1-0 at 7:50 with a power-play goal. Stutzle skated down the left wing and threw a pass to the slot that Cozens redirected past Nedeljkovic’s left pad.

“They work, they grind, and when they had their chances they definitely capitalized,” Smith said of the Senators.

Klingberg tied it 1-1 on the power play at 16:06. After taking a pass from Celebrini, Klingberg scored with a wrist shot from above the right circle that went over Ullmark’s blocker with Alexander Wennberg screening the goalie.

“That was a great screen by [Wennberg] in front,” Klingberg said.

Ryan Reaves (75) fights Hayden Hodgson (42) during second perid action – Photo by Jack Lima

Goodrow made it 2-1 for San Jose at 7:47 of the second period. After Ullmark stopped Mario Ferraro’s one-timer on the rush, Wennberg backhanded a rebound that went in off Goodrow’s skate.

Zetterlund then tied it 2-2 at 18:38 with a goal against his former team. Tyler Kleven found him cutting through center ice, and Zetterlund’s wrist shot from the right circle beat Nedeljkovic over the glove.

“What a night. It felt unreal,” Zetterlund said. “Great pass by [Kleven] there. I thought I had [Cozens] on the other side, too. But shooting isn’t a bad option either.”

Ryan Reaves (75) lands a punch to the face of Hayden Hodgson (42) – Photo by Jack Lima

NOTES: Thomas Chabot returned to the Senators lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury. The defenseman was minus-1 and had three shots on goal in 21:45 of ice time. … Ottawa is 3-0-2 in its past five road games. … Senators forward Claude Giroux was 17-for-21 on face-offs (81 percent).

Senators center Lars Eller (89) battles Sharks center Philipp Kurashev (96) for control of the puck – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators center Tim Stutzle takes a shot on goal – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators forward David Perron (57) pins Sharks Barclay Goodrow (23) against the boards – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators forward Jordon Spence (10) moves the puck away from Sharks defender Barclay Goodrow 23) – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators goalie Linus Ullmark celebrates the Senators win with teammates Fabin Zetterlund (center) and David Perron (right) – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators goalie Linus Ullmark – Photo by Jack Lima

Sharks center Philipp Kurashev argues a penalty call with the referee – Photo by Jack Lima

Sharks forward Maklin Celebrini (71) fights for the puck with Senators forward Claude Giroux (28) after a faceoff – Photo by Jack Lima

Sharks forward Colin Graf (51) attempts to move around Senators defender Tim Stutzle (18) – Photo by Jack Lima

Sharks defensemen Shakir Mukhamadullin (85) and Vincent Desharnais (5) race Senators forward Fabian Zetterlund (2) for the loose puck – Photo by Jack Lima

Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro (38) and Senators forward David Perron (57) chase after the loose puck – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators recover, edge Sharks despite being limited to 11 shots

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SAN JOSE — Adam Gaudette scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 4:12 remaining, for the Ottawa Senators in a 4-3 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Wednesday.

Sharks forward Alexander Wennberg (21) battles Brady Tkachuk (7) for the puck after a faceoff – Photo by Jack Lima

Gaudette gave the Senators a 4-3 lead when he stretched out with one hand on his stick to redirect a pass from Tim Stutzle over the glove of Mackenzie Blackwood.

It was the only shot in the period for the Senators, who were outshot in the game 39-11.

“I’m just playing hockey, just doing my thing out there,” Gaudette said. “[I’m] playing with some great players out there, and I couldn’t do it without the guys on the ice, so I owe a lot to them.”

Tyler Kleven scored his first NHL goal, and Stutzle had three assists for the Senators (10-11-1), who have won two straight after losing their previous five. Linus Ullmark made 36 saves.

Sharks Henry Thrun, center, and Ty Dellandrea (53) attempt to take the puck away from Ridly Greig (71) – Photo by Jack Lima

“It’s obvious we weren’t on the top of our game,” Ottawa coach Travis Green said. “We could tell that we didn’t have our skating legs tonight, and almost top to bottom. Linus gave us a [heck] of a game, and [we] found a way to win.”

Will Smith had a goal and an assist, and Macklin Celebrini scored for the Sharks (7-13-5), who are 2-4-3 in their past nine games. Blackwood made seven saves.

Sharks center Macklin Celebrini (71) makes a pass between Senator’s defenders Jake Sanderson (85) and Ridly Greig, right – Photo by Jack Lima

“Results were [poor],” San Jose coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “We played some good hockey. [We’ve] got to be smarter in some scenarios, which we’re learning. [It was] a frustrating night.”

Gaudette gave the Senators a 1-0 lead at 4:35 of the first period. Stuzle skated around a sliding Jake Walman on a 2-on-1 rush and sent a centering pass to Gaudette, who tapped it inside the right post.

Josh Norris made it 2-0 at 13:56, burying a one-timer over the blocker of Blackwood for a power-play goal. Stutzle started the play by winning a battle for the puck along the left boards and passing to Drake Batherson, who found Norris at the right hash marks.

Senators’ goalie Linus Ullmark stops a breakaway scoring attempt by Luke Kunin (11) during third period action – Photo by Jack Lima

Mario Ferraro made it 2-1 at 9:19 of the second period, scoring into an open net from the left circle to finish off a passing play through the slot by Smith and Klim Kostin.

Kleven, who was playing in his 39th NHL game, pushed it to 3-1 at 15:22 with a slap shot from the top of the left circle that beat a screened Blackwood.

“I just buried my head and tried to shoot as hard as I can,” Kleven said.

Celebrini cut it to 3-2 at 4:48 of the third period. William Eklund kicked a rebound to his stick in front and sent a cross-crease pass to Celebrini for a tap-in.

“There was a rebound there and their goalie was going really hard on me, and I saw [Celebrini] on the backside,” Eklund said. “I just tried to give him the puck. This time it went through.”

Senators forward Drake Batherson (19) attempts to stick handle around Sharks defenseman Cody Ceci (4) – Photo by Jack Lima

Smith then tied it 3-3 with a power-play goal at 12:32. He took a pass from Fabian Zetterlund in the slot and scored with a shot that initially hit off the crossbar before deflecting in off the pad of Ullmark.

“I mean, that’s been our identity all year, the game is never over,” Smith said. “… I mean, look at the shots. We had a bunch of chances that we could have buried. I thought we played a good game.”

 NOTES: Stutzle extended his point streak to five games (two goals, five assists). … Celebrini has scored in consecutive games for the first time in his NHL career. … Gaudette has scored 11 goals in 21 games this season, one shy of his NHL career high he set in 59 games with the Vancouver Canucks in 2019-20. … Senators forward Brady Tkachuk had two assists and has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past three games. … Sharks forward Barclay Goodrow left in the first period with an upper-body injury. There was no update after the game.

Senators forward Adam Gaudette, left, opens the scoring in the first period with a shot past Sharks goalie Mackenzie Blackwood – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators’ defenseman Nick Jensen (3) checks Fabin Zetterlind (20) to the ice during first period action – Photo by Jack Lima

Senators captain Brady Tkachuk – Photo by Jack Lima

Josh Norris (9) scores a power play goal past Sharks goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to give the Senators a 2-0 lead – Photo by Jack Lima

Brady Tkachuk looks to make a pass – Photo by Jack Lima

Brady Tkachuk (7) and Macklin Celebrini (71) fight for the puck after a faceoff – Photo by Jack Lima

By Max Miller / NHL.com Independent Correspondent

Photos by Jack.Lima@prohockeynews.com

Senators top Lightning, 3-2, after penalties

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In Tampa, the visiting Ottawa Senators shook off the Lighting’s Nikita Kucherov’s 141st point on the season in a 3-2 win after penalties on Thursday night.

Kucherov  had two assists in the loss.

“[Kucherov] is unbelievable, gives our team a chance to win every night,” the Lightning’s Brayden Point said. “We’ve got three games left, hopefully he can do it. That’s a lot of assists. He’s a heck of a player. It’s awesome and he works so hard.”

Anton Forsberg made 24 saves in the win.

“I love staying for shootouts and stuff, battling with the guys,” Forsberg said. “We do some in warmups, if I’m not playing I’m out there and I’ll take as many as I have to. I just think it’s a fun 1-on-1 thing to do and it’s worked out pretty well so far this year.”

The Senators moved to 35-40-4.

Brady Tkachuk was credited with the game winner, he was the only scorer in the skills portion of the evening’s affairs.

Tkachuk staked the Senators to a 1-0 lead at 8:45 of the opening stanza, scoring off a shot from the right circle.

“I like how we persevered and stayed with it, after kind of a slow start,” Senators interim coach Jacques Martin said. “I thought we were much more physical in the second period and we were quicker. I thought we really competed hard and got a great effort from everybody.”

Tampa Bay replied with a marker form Conor Sheary at 9:45 of the first, scoring off a backhand. for a 1-1 tie.

“I’ve been watching [Kucherov] all year long. It’s nice to be on the receiving end of one of those,” Sheary said. “It’s pretty incredible. There’s obviously two guys racing for [100 assists] this year (Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid has 99), which is insane. His ability on the ice, his poise with the puck and his ability to make plays seemingly under pressure all the time is pretty impressive.”

The Lightning dropped to 44-27-8, they remain in the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, and are five points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for third in the Atlantic Division.

“It’s a team sport and that’s what we’re driven by, but at times there’s individual stuff going on and that probably takes a little bit more focus in the last couple of games,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. “But we had two goals tonight, we had chances to score and we didn’t.”

Point pushed the Lightning into a 2-1 lad at 12:56 of the first,.

The score stayed 2-1 into the third period.

Ottawa’s Drake Batherson forced extra tie when he potted a goal at 2:11, scoring off a rebound on the right side of the crease.

“We’re focused on finishing the season strong,” Batherson said. “We’ve got one home game left against Montreal, so we’ll be excited for that Saturday and finish the last two on the road against some good teams (at the New York Rangers on Monday, and at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday). It’ll be a fun finish and we’ll be looking to build on this (2-1-0) road trip.”

Matt Tomkins made 25 saves in the loss.

Senators edge Caps, 3-2, in OT

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In Washington, DC, Ottawa’s Jake Sanderson hit for the game winner with 41 seconds elapsed n extra time on Sunday to give the Senators a 3-2 win over the Capitals.

The Caps lost the extra point, but still climbed a bit closer to a playoff berth. They are two points back of the second wild card in the Eastern Conference and two back of the third spot in the Metropolitan Division.

Sanderson scored off a wrister from the point that found its way home through sticks and legs.m the left point.

Joonas Korpisalo made 19 saves in the win.

The Senators moved to 34-39-4, snapping a three-game skid.

Max  Pacioretty staked the Capitals to a 1-0 lead at 4:43 of the opening stanza, scoring off a shot from below the right circle.

Ottawa replied with a marker from Mark Kastelic  at 5:40 of the middle frame to tie the game, 1-1, scoring off a backhand at the top of the crease.

The Capitals dropped to 36-30-11 off their sixth straight loss.

Washington reclaimed the lead, 2-1, on a strike by Aliaksei Protas at 17:10, scoring off a rebound at the crease.

The Senators replied again, this time with a goal by Ridly Greig  at 12:49 of the third period, scoring off a wrister from the mid slot, between the circles.

Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves in the loss.

Senators throttle Sabres with five-goal first

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In Buffalo, the visiting Ottawa Senators hung a five spot on the Sabres in the opening Stanza on Wednesday night in a 6-2 thrashing.

Shane Pinto had a goal and four points in the win.

“If you want to win, you need balance,” Pinto said. “And we had that tonight and it’s going to be big for the back-to-back tomorrow (against the Chicago Blackhawks) to have that same thing. So, going to need all the guys on board.”

Joonas Korpisalo made 34 saves in the win.

The Senators moved to 31-36-4 off their third straight win.

The first period was all Senators, as they hit for five goals wrest complete control of the game from the home side.

Artem Zub opened the gates at 2:37, scoring off an errant puck at the crease for a 109 lead

Boris Katchouk stretched the lead to 2-0 at 4:56, scoring off a deflection.

Ottawa;s Drake Batherson  picked up another loose puck at 6:01 for a 3-0 advantage.

Less than three minutes later, the Sens piled on with a marker from Jakob Chychrun  at 8:49 for a 4-0 lead, scoring off a slap shot from the right circle.

Brady Tkachuk ballooned the lead to 5-0 with 49 seconds left on the clock in the first. He scored after collected a nifty pass from Thomas Chabot.

“It’s keeping the consistency with good effort, right habits,” Katchouk said. “The small things matter so much in this game. And obviously, it worked out tonight with the tip. But kudos to my linemates. ‘Kels’ and ‘Kassy,’ they worked hard to get the puck as well. Those two battle hard every night as well. We feed off each other, and it’s good to play with them.”

The Sabres dropped to 34-34-5 off their fourth loss in six matches.

“That was probably the worst part,” the Sabres’ Rasmus Dahlin said. “We let [Luukkonen] down. He’s been saving us for a long time now. That’s not OK from our side.”

JJ Peterka and Connor Clifton were the Sabres’ strikers, they both scored in the middle frame to trim cut into the Senators lead at 5-2 after two periods of play.

“I was pretty shocked,” Clifton said. “I thought, our season’s on the line, we’ve got a team we played three other times already, right, to finish the season series. They came in and they gave it to us, and we had no answer. Obviously, you give up five, that was that.”

Peterka closed the gap to 5-1 at 2:54 of the middle frame, scoring off a rebound.

Clifton scored at 13:07 to make it 5-2, scoring off a wrist shot from the slot after a solo effort to get the puck into the zone.

“We wanted, I guess, to play as individuals,” Clifton said. “I’m disappointed we let ‘Upie’ down, he’s the heart and soul of this team. He’s kept us in so many games, and just to not show up and play that careless style, give them freebies all over the place. … Yeah, obviously, the first 20 really dictated the rest of the game.”

Pinto padded the lead when he hit an empty net at 16:43 of the third for 6-2 final count on the scoreboard.

“You’re frustrated,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “You’re disappointed. Just the simple, simple things that would be routine execution were not. Obviously, that’s frustrating.”

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen got the start for the Sabres, surrendering four goals on just nine shots before getting the hook in the first period.

Devon Levi made 31 saves in a mop up role.

Senators rally from two down for 5-3 win over Oilers

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In Ottawa, the visiting Edmonton Oilers blew a 3-1 lead to the Senators on Sunday afternoon in a 5-3 stunning loss.

Jakob Chychrun snapped a 3-3 tie at 16:57 of the third period to help send the Senators to the win.

“Not a lot of [offensive] zone time in the third, that’s for sure,” Chychrun said. “The boys did a heck of a job of sticking with it and finding a way. We talk about it all the time. We feel like we’ve had games this year where we play really well and have a lot of chances and outchance the other team and don’t get the result we want, and it was kind of the opposite tonight. They outchanced us, and we had a goalie that was standing on his head for us.”

It was his second goal of the game.

Parker Kelly iced the rallying win when he hit an empty net with 40 seconds left on the game clock for the 5-3 final.

Joonas Korpisalo made 33 saves in the win.

“That was fun,” Korpisalo said. “Battled the full 60 [minutes] with the boys and the way we battled, you want to make it count. And I think we did, so great job.”

The Senators moved to 30-36-4 off their second straight win.

The Oilers took a 1-0 lead in the opening stanza on a  marker form Adam Henrique at 3:49, scoring from down low on the right side of the crease.

Chychrun potted his first of the match at 5:37 for a 1-1 tie, scoring off the power play.

The Oilers regained the lead when Leon Draisaitl hit off the power play at at 1:38 of the middle frame for a 2-1 lead.

“I mean, they were kind of all over us,” Ottawa’s Drake Batherson said. “I said to the boys, ‘The ice looks pretty good down in their end if we can get down there.’ But credit to the guys for keeping it out. Obviously, they hemmed us in a bit, and they’re going to do that with those players over there that they’ve got.”

Zach Hyman hit for his 50th marker of the campaign at 3:34 of the second, making the score 3-1 to the Oilers.

“From a guy that was just supposed to be a checker in the League, not sure if he’d ever make it to this league,” Edmonton’s Connor McDavid said of Hyman. “He’s worked for everything that he’s gotten, and now he’s a 50-goal scorer at the age of 31. It’s pretty impressive. It’s been cool to see and cool to kind of witness his transition to a goal-scorer.”

It was all downhill for the Oilers after that goal.

Edmonton dropped to 42-23-4, one night after losing the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-3.

“I thought they got timely scoring,” McDavid said of the Senators. “It obviously felt like we were the better team and had the better chance (to win). We had the puck most of the night, but ultimately, they’re a skilled team, they capitalize on mistakes, and they did that tonight.”

In the second period, the Senators rallied for a pair of goals to get even with the Oilers, 3-3.

“Disappointing that we didn’t come home with the two points,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “I thought we had a lot of good opportunities, especially when we’re up 3-1 and things are looking good. Then we make a mistake and it’s 3-2 and they’re back in it when they looked like they were out of it. And then special teams, obviously that was a big part of this game.”

Tim Stutzle trimmed the deficit to 3-2 at 4:48, scoring off an odd man rush.

Batherson knotted the game, 3-3, at 16:30, hitting off the power play from the left circle.

“‘Korpi’ played great and made some really nice stops,” Batherson said. “They had a lot of shots and we didn’t have many, but we were able to capitalize there on the power play a few times.”

Ottawa scored three times off four power play chances, the Oilers netted two on three opportunities.

Calvin Pickard made 11 saves in the loss.