OTTAWA, Ontario — Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists and the Ottawa Senators defeated the Rangers 6-3 on Saturday.
Matt Duchene and Mark Stone both added a goal and an assist for Ottawa. Craig Anderson also stopped 35 shots and Johnny Oduya, Magnus Paajarvi and Thomas Chabot also scored.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist allowed five goals on 27 shots and was replaced by Brandon Halverson with 13 minutes to play. Halverson stopped five of six shots in his NHL debut.
It was Chabot’s wraparound goal off Nick Holden’s skate at 7:27 of the third which put Ottawa ahead 5-2 and led to Lundqvist being pulled.