Drake Batherson scored twice and added an help because the Ottawa Senators edged the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.
Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk and Noah Gregor additionally scored for the Senators, who gained for the second time in three outings. Jake Sanderson added three assists and Claude Giroux had a pair of assists.
Goaltender Anton Forsberg made 25 saves.
Nikita Kucherov scored and added an help, and Nicolas Paul, Jake Guentzel and Mitchell Chaffee had the opposite Lightning objectives. Anthony Cirelli added two assists.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 pictures for Tampa Bay, which misplaced for the primary time this season in 4 video games.
Gregor gave Ottawa a 5-3 lead at 6:17 of the third, ending off a 2-on-1 short-handed break with Shane Pinto for his first of the season.
Chaffee pulled the Lightning to inside one at 8:11 of the ultimate interval, re-directing a Nick Perbix go previous Forsberg for his first of the season.
Trailing 2-0, the Lightning responded within the second interval.
Kucherov obtained Tampa Bay on the board, one-timing a Ryan McDonagh feed previous Forsberg glove-side for his NHL-leading seventh objective of the season.
Paul tied it at 10:39, placing house a unfastened puck previous Forsberg for his first of the season.
Batherson gave Ottawa a 3-2 lead, out-waiting Vasilevskiy and tucking a shot previous the Tampa Bay goaltender for his second of the sport and third of the season.
Tampa Bay tied it once more at 18:13 of the second as Guentzel knocked a bouncing puck short-side previous Forsberg for his first objective with the Lightning.
The Senators responded 43 seconds afterward an influence play as Tkachuk poked within the rebound off Sanderson’s level shot for his second of the season.
Ottawa outshot Tampa Bay 8-6 within the opening 20 minutes and led 2-0.
The Senators had a two-man benefit for 1:21 early within the first and cashed in.
Batherson opened the scoring at 1:50, one-timing a Giroux go up and over the shoulder of Vasilevskiy for his second objective of the season.
Norris doubled the lead at 13:21 of the opening interval, placing a Giroux feed previous Vasilevskiy short-side for his third of the season.
Ottawa No. 1 goaltender Linus Ullmark remained out of the lineup with an harm. Mads Sogaard backed up Forsberg.
–Area Stage Media
