\u0022Facing the Habs without four of their top nine forwards, the Senators received a solid effort from goaltender Cam Talbot along with multi\u002Dpoint nights from captain Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson and Alex DeBrincat.\u0022
Coming off a 32-save shutout and two consecutive wins, Talbot made his third straight start. He came into this game with a 6-2-1 lifetime record against the Habs, a 1.42 goals-against average and incredible .947 save percentage.
The Senators have faced their share of injury issues this season, and losing Tim Stutzle along with Tyler Motte, a veteran third-liner to an upper-body injury, against Anaheim is just another in a long line of ailments. Trying to make up ground before the NHL’s holiday break gets underway Christmas Eve, Ottawa trailed the New York Rangers for the final wild-card spot in the East by nine points.
“Everybody’s just got to do what they do just a little harder and pick it up just a bit. Hopefully that’s enough.” The Senators pulled to a 3-0 lead in a span six minutes and 30 seconds in the second. Two of those came on the power play, and it was Tkachuk who tipped a DeBrincat shot by Sam Montembeault at 8:02 to give the club a three-goal lead.Batherson’s eighth of the season came on the power play at 5:41 of the first. Only 10 seconds after the call was made, the Senators won the faceoff, Batherson went to the net and was able to knock the puck home by his own stick through his legs.
Locked in a scoreless tie after the first, the Senators needed Talbot to step up and he did. The club was outshot 10-5, but both teams were using their speed, playing physical and neither were able to capitalize on their power play opportunities.
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