GARRIOCH: Shorthanded Senators extend winning streak to three straight with win over Habs
Coming off a 32-save shutout and two consecutive wins, Talbot made his third straight start. He came into this game with a 6-2-1 lifetime record against the Habs, a 1.42 goals-against average and an incredible .947 save percentage.
Cam Talbot of the Ottawa Senators tracks the puck after making a save during the first period against the Montreal Canadiens as a stick flies in front of him at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday night.The Senators have faced their share of injury issues this season, and losing Tim Stutzle along with Tyler Motte, a veteran third-liner to an upper-body injury, against Anaheim is just another in a long line of ailments.
Trying to make up ground before the NHL’s holiday break gets underway Christmas Eve, Ottawa trailed the New York Rangers for the final wild-card spot in the East by nine points. The Senators have now picked up points in six of their last seven games and have won three straight. It’s the first time the club has won three in a row since Oct. 20. The club also moved its record to .500 at home at 7-7-0.
The Senators pulled to a 3-0 lead in a span six minutes and 30 seconds in the second. Two of those came on the power play, and it was Tkachuk who tipped a DeBrincat shot by Sam Montembeault at 8:02 to give the club a three-goal lead.Batherson’s eighth of the season came on the power play at 5:41 of the second. Only 10 seconds after the call was made, the Senators won the faceoff, Batherson went to the net and was able to knock the puck home by his own stick through his legs.
Pinto opened the scoring only 1:28 into the second. Breaking in on a 2-on-1, Pinto used Batherson as a decoy and made no mistake by firing it past Montembeault on the glove side. That was Pinto’s 10th and he’s only the second rookie to reach double digits in goals.
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