Senators get important win in Boston
BOSTON -- Craig Anderson made 34 saves and Kyle Turris scored his second goal of the game 4:04 into the third period, allowing the Ottawa Senators to end a four-game losing streak with an important 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
The win, the Senators' fifth straight over the Bruins (three this season), moved Ottawa six points ahead of Boston, which lost its third straight, for second place in the Atlantic Division.
Turris tipped a Dion Phaneuf shot past Tuukka Rask for the winner.
After Dominic Moore went off for slashing at 1:28, the Bruins killed the penalty, but couldn't get the puck out of their zone. Turris then scored his 25th of the season and capped his first two-goal game since opening night.
Tom Pyatt also scored against Rask, who made 19 saves.
David Krejci and Torey Krug scored for the Bruins, who got both goals on the power play. They fell to 5-5 in their last 10 games and left themselves in shaky position as they try to make the playoffs for the first time in three years.
Pyatt's goal opened the scoring in the first period. It came off a Cody Ceci shot and appeared to hit Pyatt and then Bruins defenseman Colin Miller before getting by Rask. Pyatt scored for the second straight game after going 30 games without a goal.
Krejci tied it at 1 with a power-play one-timer and Turris scored a similar power play goal 1:34 into the second period.
Phaneuf took an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the end of the second period, and Krug walked through the three Ottawa players during a 4-on-3 and tied the game at 2 just 17 seconds into the final period.
NOTES: RW Mark Stone, one of three Ottawa forwards out, missed his sixth straight game with a leg injury but has started skating. "He's skating and he's getting better every day," coach Guy Boucher said Tuesday morning. ... C Chris Kelly, a former Bruin who won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2011, made his first appearance on TD Garden ice since suffering a broken leg Nov. 3, 2015, and was given a video tribute in the first period. ... Bruins LW Tim Schaller missed his sixth straight game with a lower-body injury. ... Sens G Craig Anderson appeared in his 499th NHL game. ... Bruins D Torey Krug notched his career-high 41st assist in Boston's first goal. ... The Senators host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night, but then play the next five on the road and have just three home games remaining. ... The Bruins host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday and visit the New York Islanders on Saturday, both games having playoff implications.