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OTTAWA – Craig Anderson made 46 saves as the Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabers 4-2 on Thursday in the first round of a home-and-home series.
Ryan Dzingel, Dylan DeMelo, Colin White and Bobby Ryan, for an empty goal, scored for the Senators (5-5-2), who got two badists from Thomas Chabot and Mark Stone.
Jason Pominville and Jeff Skinner scored for the Sabers (6-5-2) while Carter Hutton made 28 saves.
The Senators had a 3-0 lead early in the third period, thanks to two power play goals. But two goals, including a power play, Sabers in the first four minutes of the third minute were tight at the end.
Pominville only scored 59 seconds when he overtook Anderson's Jack Eichel. Skinner then scored on the powerplay at 3:55 on an almost identical goal as Rasmus Ristolainen's shot went over the Senators goaltender.
Dzingel opened the scoring at 6:55 of the first goal with Ottawa's first extra-strong goal. He got the puck alone at the edge of the net and was stopped by Hutton but then blocked his own rebound under the Sabers goalkeeper.
Buffalo almost scored the goal late in the period, but Ristolainen's shot on goal struck Anderson.
The Senators had 10 of the first 11 shots in the first but the Sabers then reacted with the next 11 of 13, with the teams finishing first with 12 shots each.
In the second, DeMelo gave the Senators a 2-0 lead as his shot hit the boards before bouncing off Hutton's back within 60 seconds.
White then gave the Senators a 3-0 lead with a power play goal at 14:47 as he had an empty net to shoot after Hutton was knocked over in the crease after being knocked down by Ristolainen.
Remarks: Erik Burgdoerfer and Mark Borowiecki were scratches for the Senators. Evan Rodrigues, Tage Thompson and Nathan Beaulieu scratched the Sabers … The Senators played in the 1,000th home game in the history of the franchise while Sabers forward Jason Pominville played his 1,000th match in the NHL.
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