Senators, Anderson shut down Avalanche
DENVER -- Craig Anderson stopped 14 shots to become Ottawa's all-time wins leader, Alexander Burrows and Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist apiece, and the Senators beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Saturday night.
Frederik Claesson and Ryan Dzingel also scored for Ottawa, which won its sixth straight to move into a first-place tie with Montreal in the Atlantic Division with 84 points.
The Senators (39-22-6) played one less game than the Canadiens.
Anderson didn't have to work hard to get his 147th victory with Ottawa and pass Patrick Lalime. Colorado had 10 shots on goal in the first period but six the rest of the way.
Matt Nieto and Sven Andrighetto scored and Calvin Pickard had 24 saves for the Avalanche (19-45-3).
Andrighetto's goal at 19:48 of the third period was the second shot since 11:33 mark of the second period. Ottawa scored three times in that span, including Dzingel's 13th of the year midway through the third.
The Senators trailed 1-0 after the first period but outshot the Avalanche 13-4 in the second period and cashed in three times to take control.
Claesson tied it with his second goal at 10:41 of the second period when his shot got by Pickard, who was screened by Colorado defenseman Erik Johnson.
Burrows gave Ottawa the lead on the power play with his 13th goal of the season at 15:35. It was his fourth since joining the Senators, with three coming against Colorado.
Hoffman padded the lead with his seventh goal of the season at 18:54.
Ottawa dominated early play and had eight of the first nine shots on net, but Colorado struck first when Nieto tipped in a pass from Cody Goloubef at 9:38 of the first period. It was Nieto's fifth of the season and first in 18 games.
NOTES: Senators RW Mark Stone was out of the lineup with a lower-body injury suffered in Thursday's victory over Arizona. Ottawa recalled C Phil Varone from Binghamton of the AHL to take his place in the lineup. ... Avalanche C Mikhail Grigorenko was scratched for only the fourth time this season. He has seven goals and 12 assists in 63 games. ... Ottawa D Mark Borowiecki (undisclosed injury) missed two straight games and F Kyle Turris (fractured finger) missed three in a row.