OTTAWA, Ontario — Claude Giroux scored 3:36 into overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied from three goals down to beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Monday night.
Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle each had a goal and an assist, and Drake Batherson also scored for the Senators, who won for the fourth time in seven games (4-1-2). Mads Sogaard allowed three goals on 11 shots in the first period. Joonas Korpisalo stopped all 17 shots he faced the rest of the way to get the win.
In the extra period, Giroux scored on a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Stutzle for his 15th of the season.
“It’s great to see how we responded,” Giroux said. “We didn’t change our game, we didn’t try to do too much, we just let the game come to us and when we had the chance, we were able to score. This one feels pretty good.”
Philip Tomasino had a goal and an assist, Michael McCarron and Yakov Trenin also scored, and Roman Josi had two assists for the Predators. Juuse Saros made 31 saves in Nashville’s fourth loss in five games (1-3-1).
The Predators had an opportunity to end the game early in overtime when Denis Gurianov broke in with Josi on a two-man rush, but couldn’t even manage a shot. The Senators went back the other way and ended the game.
“I think you learn to close a game down when you’re not at your best or at least give yourself a chance to get a point,” Predators coach Andrew Brunette said. “Throughout the course of the season we gave away a lot of points where we got nothing out of it. So tonight, we were able to grind away and get a point.”
Ottawa Senators right wing Claude Giroux, right, celebrates his game-winning overtime goal with teammates against the Nashville Predators during an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Credit: AP/Sean Kilpatrick
Nashville scored three times in the first period to take the lead, and Ottawa tied it with three in the second.
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