National Hockey League
Ottawa 4, Calgary 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, November 25, 2024
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Justin Johnson
Attendance: 17196

Drake Batherson and Brady Tkachuk each recorded one goal and one assist and Cole Reinhardt scored his first NHL goal as the host Ottawa Senators snapped a five-game skid with a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday.

Adam Gaudette also scored in the win, while Ridly Greig and Jake Sanderson each tallied a pair of assists. Goaltender Anton Forsberg made 24 saves.

Jonathan Huberdeau, Yegor Sharangovich and Mikael Backlund had goals for the Flames, who saw a four-game winning streak come to an end. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 26 shots in his team's first outing of a four-game road trip. The Flames were uncharacteristically undisciplined and ended up short-handed nine times in the game.

After Huberdeau's power-play goal opened the scoring at 14:32 of the opening frame, Gaudette put the Senators on the board at 17:05 with his ninth goal of the season. Gaudette was alone at the side of the net and had a tap-in set up by Greig's cross-crease pass.

Batherson put Ottawa ahead for good with a power-play goal at 3:18 of the second period by deflecting Sanderson's waist-high point shot for his ninth marker of the campaign.

Reinhardt, a 2020 draft pick, made his fourth NHL game all the more memorable with his milestone marker at 13:17 of the middle frame, which came when he pounced on a loose puck during a flurry.

Sharangovich made it a 3-2 game just over two minutes later with his third goal in as many games and his fifth of the season.

However, Tkachuk restored Ottawa's two-goal lead 74 seconds into the third period with another power-play goal. He set up in the slot and lifted a high shot for his 11th tally of the season.

Backlund's long shot that found the back of the net with 39 seconds remaining, his fifth marker of the season, made it a one-goal game, but it was too little, too late.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Calgary   Ottawa
Jonathan Huberdeau 1 Points Drake Batherson 2
Jonathan Huberdeau 1 Goals Drake Batherson 1
Mikael Backlund 1 Assists Ridly Greig 2
Jonathan Huberdeau 1 Power Play Goals Drake Batherson 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Dustin Wolf .867 Save Percentage Anton Forsberg .889
Dustin Wolf 26 Saves Anton Forsberg 24
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Calgary 27 3 1-2 7-9 20 30
Ottawa 30 4 2-9 1-2 6 39
Upcoming Games
  • Ottawa will play their next game on the road against San Jose. The Senators have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • Calgary will play their next game on the road against Detroit. The Flames have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .600 after a loss.