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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

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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
Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ridly Greig, C Suspension May 4
Artem Zub, D Out Apr 27
Jake Sanderson, D Out Apr 24
Nick Jensen, D Injured Reserve Apr 14
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Pontus Holmberg, RW Out May 5

Game Information

Canadian Tire Centre

Location: Ottawa,
Attendance: 15,187 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/buf.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Buffalo 50 23 109 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Tampa Bay 50 26 106 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/mtl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Montreal 48 24 106 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Boston 45 27 100 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ott.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Ottawa 44 27 99 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/det.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Detroit 41 31 92 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/fla.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Florida 40 38 84 4
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tor.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Toronto 32 36 78 14
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