Tarasenko scores to give Senators 5-4 victory over Sharks
OTTAWA -- Vladimir Tarasenko scored with five seconds remaining in the third period to give the Ottawa Senators a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.
Ottawa snapped a five-game losing streak with its first victory in 2024.
Claude Giroux, Thomas Chabot, Brady Tkachuk and Drake Batherson also scored for Ottawa, while Joonas Korpisalo turned away 14 shots.
Anthony Duclair, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Kevin Labanc and Filip Zadina scored for the Sharks. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 36 shots.
Zadina tied the game with three minutes remaining in regulation on one of only five shots the Sharks had in the third.
Trailing 2-1, the Sharks tied things early in the second. San Jose broke in on a 2-on-1 and Vlasic, who was the trailer, beat Korpisalo for his first of the season. The Sharks took the lead less than three minutes later after Korpisalo got tangled with Travis Hamonic and couldn't get back into position, leaving Labanc an open net.
Ottawa tied the game when Batherson made a nice pass to Tkachuk and snapped a shot past Blackwood. Batherson gave Ottawa a 4-3 lead when he picked up a rebound and found the top corner for his 15th of the season.
The Senators led 2-1 after the opening minutes.
Giroux opened the scoring at the four-minute mark off an Artem Zub rebound and Chabot scored his first of the season with a shot from the faceoff circle.
Duclair cut the lead in half with a shot from the slot midway through the period.
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Sharks: At Buffalo on Monday.