The Ottawa Senators scored two goals on the power play and added one shorthanded to deal the Tampa Bay Lightning a 5-4 loss–Tampa Bay’s first of the season–on Saturday despite numerous Lightning rally attempts.
A 5-on-3 power play resulted in a 1-0 advantage for the home team 1 minute, 58 seconds into the game at the Canadian Tire Centre. Forward Drake Batherson one-timed a slap shot from the left faceoff circle to give his team the lead on the two-man advantage.
A Brady Tkachuk power-play goal before the end of the second period restored Ottawa’s lead after a pushback from the visiting Lightning had tied the game 3-3, and Noah Gregor’s short-handed goal 6:17 into the third period stood as the game-winner for the Senators…