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Ottawa Senators at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Hagel scores go-ahead goal early in 3rd and Lightning snap Senators' 5-game win streak 4-3

Ottawa Senators vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Luke Glendening, Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh also scored for Tampa Bay while Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 25 saves.

Michael Amadio, Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson scored for Ottawa. Linus Ullmark, making his first start in goal since Dec. 22, finished with 34 saves.

Amadio put Ottawa up 1-0 after the first period with a power-play goal. Glendening tied the game on a tip of Emil Lilleberg shot 1:44 into the second period. Kucherov scored on the power play at 7:38, but Giroux tied the game 1:52 later.

Hagel put the Lightning up 3-2 1:56 into the third.

Takeaways Senators: Center Shane Pinto left the game in first period with a lower-body injury and did not return. Thomas Chabot, who had two assists in the game, passed Chris Phillips for third most assists by a defenseman in franchise history behind Erik Karlsson (392) and Wade Redden (309).

Lightning: Center Nick Paul sustained an unspecified injury in the first period and did not return to the game. Kucherov reached the 25-goal mark for his 10th consecutive season (not counting 2020-21 when he missed the season due to injury).

Key moment In the final minute of the second period in a 2-2 game, Vasilevskiy stopped Ridley Greig coming off the bench with 44 seconds left in the period and 11 seconds later Drake Batherson put a breakaway chance wide.

Key stat Ottawa lost for just the fourth time in 26 games when scoring first.

Up Next The teams will meet again in Tampa on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 14:09 Michael Amadio Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Ridly Greig (9), David Perron (3)
Goal 2nd Period 1:44 Luke Glendening Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Emil Lilleberg (12), Nick Perbix (9)
Goal 2nd Period 7:38 Nikita Kucherov Goal (25) Slap Shot, assists: Victor Hedman (34)
Goal 2nd Period 9:30 Claude Giroux Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Chabot (21), Tim Stützle (37)
Goal 3rd Period 1:56 Brandon Hagel Goal (23) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 18:25 Ryan McDonagh Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Victor Hedman (35), Anthony Cirelli (21)
Goal 3rd Period 18:40 Drake Batherson Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake Sanderson (30), Thomas Chabot (22)

Statistics

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16 Blocked Shots 10
13 Hits 17
3 Takeaways 5
28 Shots 38
1 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 4
50.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
36 Faceoffs Won 22
62.1 Faceoff Win Percent 37.9
10 Giveaways 5
4 Total Penalties 2
8 Penalty Minutes 4
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brayden Point, C Injured Reserve Feb 3
Anthony Cirelli, C Out Feb 3
Nick Paul, LW Out Feb 3
Charle-Edouard D'Astous, D Injured Reserve Jan 25
Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
David Perron, LW Injured Reserve Jan 23

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 36 14 76 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 18 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 24 61 3
Ottawa 27 22 61 7
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