In what was sure to be a hard-fought matchup against the highly-skilled Boston Bruins, the Ottawa Senators managed to pull out a 5-2 victory.
Anthony Duclair led the way once again, with two goals and an assist. Anders Nilsson was magnificent, stopping 38 of 40 shots, and the Sens handed Boston their second-straight loss, after the B’s had gone nearly a month without a regulation defeat.
The Senators opened the scoring just 1:35 in, when a gorgeous Dylan DeMelo stretch pass sent Artem Anisimov in alone on Tuukka Rask, and the veteran made no mistake to give Ottawa the lead.