Tampa Bay Lightning at Ottawa Senators

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Tampa Bay Lightning

44-26-5

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Ottawa Senators

40-29-6

Linus Ullmark makes 31 saves in the Senators' 2-1 victory over the Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Ottawa Senators: Game Highlights

Pinto opened the scoring for the Senators with 6:15 left in the first period, and Sanderson made it 2-0 on a power play at 5:17 of the second. Brandon Hagel got one back for Tampa Bay at seven minutes of the second with his 34th of the season.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots for Tampa Bay, playing the second game of a four-game trip. The Lightning had won four in a row. They could have clinched a playoff berth with either a victory or an overtime loss after Colorado beat Columbus later Thursday.

Ottawa holds the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Takeaways Lightning: Tampa Bay generated a number of chances on the power play, but was unable to capitalize.

Senators: Ottawa struggled defensively at times and relied heavily on Ullmark.

Key moment With Ottawa up 2-1, Ullmark made a huge save on Jake Guentzel with 23 seconds remaining in the second period.

Up next The Lightning are at Buffalo on Saturday night. The Senators host Florida on Saturday and Columbus on Sunday night.

This story has been updated to correct that Tampa Bay has not clinched a playoff spot.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 13:45	Shane Pinto Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Ridly Greig (17)
Goal	2nd Period 5:17	Jake Sanderson Goal (10) Slap Shot, assists: Tim Stützle (51), Ridly Greig (18)
Goal	2nd Period 7:00	Brandon Hagel Goal (34) Wrist Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (20), Ryan McDonagh (26)

Statistics

TB		OTT
14	Blocked Shots	21
14	Hits	27
6	Takeaways	2
32	Shots	19
0	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
21	Faceoffs Won	28
42.9	Faceoff Win Percent	57.1
9	Giveaways	8
3	Total Penalties	3
6	Penalty Minutes	6