MONTREAL (AP) -- Craig Anderson made 45 saves and the Ottawa Senators avoided elimination with a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference first-round series.
Montreal leads the best-of-seven series 3-2. Game 6 is Sunday night in Ottawa.
Bobby Ryan, Patrick Wiercioch, Erik Karlsson, Erik Condra and Mike Hoffman scored for Ottawa.
Tom Gilbert had the lone goal for Montreal, and Carey Price stopped 20 shots.
The Senators went 2 for 4 on the power play.