In Ottawa, the visiting Carolina Hurricanes scored four times in the third period to break open a tight 3-2 lead with the Senators on Sunday en route to a 7-2 win.
“We all know they’re good players, but they want to contribute,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “And that’s what they’ve done stepping into the lineup. ‘Kuzy’ got another goal tonight, and ‘Guentz’ getting a nice one there. That’s the way you fit in and that’s the way you feel good about coming to a new team.”
Frederik Andersen made 31 saves in the win.
“I think we have really, really good skaters, to start,” Andersen said. “And obviously that creates a lot of space and a lot of confusion in their zone if you can kind of be moving a lot up top and be a threat, as well. Obviously, they’re using their skating ability to defend, as well, and making it hard on the opponent to kind of make plays because we’re right on them.”
The Canes moved to 42-20-6.
The Canes held a 3-2 lead going into the third period.
Jalen Chatfield started the Canes’ outburst at 4:41 for a 4-2 lead to the Canes.
Dmitry Orlov, who hit for a double in the win, potted his second of the night to push the advantage to 5-2 at 7:14.
“Today, you could see in the locker room everybody was tired, but we had to come up and play strong and leave everything out there,” Orlov said. “And I think we did. Good [penalty kills] today, ‘Freddie’ made some good saves, and I think we had good possession, good offensive zone time. We created a lot of chances, and obviously we scored a lot of goals.”
Jake Guentzel scored his first with the Canes at 8:52 for a 6-2 lead, he scored from the left circle.
Brendan Lemieux scored off a tip in at 13:07 to balloon the score to 7-2.
The Senators dropped to 28-34-4, snapping a three-game streak.
“The first two periods, actually, we had a couple more chances than they did,” Ottawa coach Jacques Martin said. “I thought we played really well. We competed hard. I thought we did a really good job, and they’re one of the better teams in the League. I think we self-destructed. Can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We’ve just got to pick ourselves up.”
Orlov picked up his first of the match at 7:19 of the opening stanza, scoring off a breakaway.
“We didn’t make a lot of mistakes in the third,” Orlov said. “We just put the puck deep and tried to forecheck. That’s our strength as a team. When you’ve got the puck, you just need to open up for each other. If you have a chance to shoot, you shoot it, and somebody should be at the front of the net. And I think today we did a much better job in front of the net.”
Thomas Chabot, got the Senators even at 1-1 with a goal at 13:50, scoring off a wrist shot from the right circle.
“I think it’s just on us maturing and just being better with the puck at certain times,” Chabot said. “And we had some chances putting it behind them and forechecking them, which worked for us. And we didn’t do that [enough]. And obviously, when you play a team like them that has a chance of winning the Stanley Cup, I mean, that’s going to come back and haunt you. And it’s exactly what happened in the third there.”
Evgeny Kuznetsov restored the Canes lead at 2:03 of the middle frame, scoring from the left side for a 2-1 lead to Carolina.
Ottawa had a reply with Tim Stutzle tying the game, 2-2, at 4:51, scoring from out igh in the slot.
“Our line can’t give that last goal up before the [third period],” Stützle said. “I think we played two good periods against a really good team, and then one thing followed the other.”
Seth Jarvis sent the game to the third period with the Canes up, 3-2, when he scored with 22 seconds left in the frame. 
Anton Forsberg made 31 saves in the loss.
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