Drake Batherson and Brady Tkachuk each had a goal and an assist, and Cole Reinhardt scored his first NHL goal as the Ottawa Senators ended a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday.
Adam Gaudette also scored for Ottawa, while Ridly Greig and Jake Sanderson each had two assists. Goaltender Anton Forsberg made 24 saves in the victory.
For Calgary, Jonathan Huberdeau, Yegor Sharangovich, and Mikael Backlund scored goals. Goalie Dustin Wolf made 26 saves in his team’s first game of a four-game road trip. The Flames, usually disciplined, ended up shorthanded nine times in the game.
The Flames took the lead when Huberdeau scored on the power play at 14:32 in the first period. Gaudette answered for Ottawa at 17:05 with his ninth goal of the season, assisted by Greig.
Batherson put the Senators ahead early in the second period, deflecting a shot from Sanderson on the power play at 3:18 for his ninth goal of the season.
Reinhardt scored his first career goal at 13:17 of the second period, jumping on a loose puck during a scramble in front of the net.
Sharangovich cut the lead to 3-2 just over two minutes later with his fifth goal of the season, but Tkachuk answered with a power-play goal 74 seconds into the third period to give Ottawa a 4-2 lead. Tkachuk’s 11th goal of the season came from a shot in the slot.
Backlund scored with 39 seconds left to make it 4-3, but it was too late for the Flames to make a full comeback.
