Ottawa Senators Beat Boston 6-3, Powered By Ullmark's Save Of The Year
Make it five straight wins for the Ottawa Senators. Drake Batherson had two goals and an assist on Thursday night as the Senators defeated the Boston Bruins 5-3 at Canadian Tire Centre.
With 22 saves against his old team, Linus Ullmark wasn't all that busy on the night, at least not compared to his 48-save performance on Monday against the Detroit Red Wings.
But his save on Boston's Mason Lohrei won't soon be forgotten.
LINUS ULLMARK OH MY GOODNESS!!! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/KXWTIC1eQf
— NHL (@NHL) March 14, 2025
It didn't go quite as well for Ullmark's old running mate, Jeremy Swayman, who was yanked in favour of former Senator Joonas Korpisalo after the first period.
The Senators were good and ready for this contest, jumping out to a 4-1 lead in the first on goals by Shane Pinto, Tyler Kleven, Drake Batherson, and Ridly Greig.
Batherson got another one in the second period, sandwiched between a pair of Bruins' goals from David Pastrnak and Marat Khusnutdinov.
Claude Giroux put the game away with a late empty-net goal, making a winner of head coach Travis Green in his 400th game as an NHL head coach.
The victory expands the Senators' lead in the Eastern Conference Wild Card race. They hold the first wild card spot, five points up on the Columbus Blue Jackets, who lost 4-0 to the Vegas Golden Knights.
With another victory, the Sens are 6-0-1 in their last seven games, 10 games above .500. That's prompted some fans to start looking up in the standings instead of down. Ottawa now trails third-place Tampa Bay by four points after the Lightning lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday.
The Senators now get ready for a couple of road games against old familiar rivals. They're in Toronto on Saturday and in Montreal on Tuesday.
By Steve Warne
The Hockey News Ottawa
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