nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Ottawa Senators Wrap - Ottawa Wins 5-4
Drake Batherson scored a pair of goals against the Lightning as Ottawa handed Tampa Bay a 5-4 defeat on Saturday at Canadian Tire Centre.
Ottawa won as a +125 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Ottawa got goals from Drake Batherson(2), Noah Gregor, Josh Norris, and Brady Tkachuk in the victory. Batherson opened the scoring at 1:50 of the first period.
Anton Forsberg turned in a 25-save effort for the Senators.
Tampa Bay got goals from Nicholas Paul, Jake Guentzel, Mitchell Chaffee, and Nikita Kucherov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Tampa Bay got a 23-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
Ottawa scored 2 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Ottawa lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 29-28.
Ottawa heads into a battle against the Hockey Club. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Toronto.