Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators

Ullmark stars in Ottawa debut, Senators beat the Stanley Cup champion Panthers 3-1

The Panthers lost captain Aleksander Barkov to an injury late in the third period when he crashed into the end boards.

Tim Stutzle opened the scoring on a first-period power play and put it away in the third with an empty-netter. Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa in the first period.

With the Senators holding a 2-1 lead late in the third, Ullmark made saves on Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich and Carter Verhaeghe.

Gustav Forsling scored for Florida with 4:12 left, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves. The Panthers opened the season Tuesday night with a 6-4 home victory over Boston.

Takeaways Panthers: Florida paid for the slow start, never recovering after falling behind 2-0.

Senators: With better overall defensive play a priority, Ottawa blocked 27 shots.

Key moment Barkov was hurt while unsuccessfully trying to prevent the empty-net goal. There was no immediate word on the severity of the injury.

Key stat Ullmark is 10-1-0 in his last 11 starts against Florida.

Up next Panthers: At Buffalo on Saturday night.

Senators: At Montreal on Saturday.

OTT leads series 1-0