Senators end 6-game losing streak with 5-4 OT win over Penguins
Tim Stutzle scored 70 seconds into overtime and the Ottawa Senators snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris, Erik Brannstrom and Jakob Chychrun also scored for Ottawa, which won its first game during Jacques Martin's second stint as coach. Anton Forsberg made 30 saves.
Martin took over behind the bench on an interim basis when the Senators fired D.J. Smith on Monday. He also coached the team for nine seasons from 1995-96 through 2003-04.
Lars Eller, Rickard Rakell, Drew O'Connor and Kris Letang scored for the Penguins while Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 21 shots.
Trailing 4-2 to start the third, the Penguins made it a one-goal game just 1:51 into the period when O'Connor deflected Marcus Petersson's point shot. Letang tied the game with 2:26 remaining.
Leading 2-1, Ottawa extended its lead early in the second when Claude Giroux made a great pass through traffic to a streaking Tkachuk, who tipped home his 15th of the season.
Pittsburgh made it a one-goal game when Rakell tipped home Sidney Crosby's pass, but Ottawa padded its lead on Brannstrom's second of the season at 7:30. The goal required a lengthy review, but stood.
The Senators got the start they were looking for jumping out to a 2-1 lead in the first period.
Chychrun opened the scoring, sliding on one knee to score on the rebound of Giroux's shot at 11:07. The Penguins tied the game with a power-play goal at 14:31 when Eller beat Forsberg short side. Ottawa regained the lead 30 seconds later when Norris batted a shot past Nedeljkovic.
UP NEXT
Senators: Take on the Maple Leafs in Toronto on Wednesday.
Penguins: Play at the New York Islanders on Wednesday.