Senators snap 8-game skid with 2-1 win over Ducks in OT

Mark Stone brought the puck into the zone and found White near the net, and he slid the puck past Anaheim goaltender John Gibson.

“I saw (Stone) skating. I was in front of him so I slowed down a little bit for him and he made a great play so I could tap it in,” White said.

Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said the plan was to play with patience and keep it a low-scoring game. The Senators trailed 1-0 after two periods, but Bobby Ryan tied it midway through the third.

“We feel like we were in a lot of games lately and we let them go away in the third period and get away from us. Tonight we just stuck with it,” Ryan said.

Anders Nilsson stopped 32 shots for his fourth win in 15 games. Five of the Senators’ last six games have been decided by one goal, but this was the first time they came out with a win.

“We got the bounce and in the other games we didn’t get the bounce,” Boucher said.

Jakob Silfverberg had Anaheim’s lone goal, and Gibson made 28 saves. The Ducks have played an NHL-leading 13 overtime games at home and are 5-6-2. They are also 0-2-3 during a six-game homestand, their longest of the season.

“Right now we’re playing at the end of our sticks and our shots might not be as well-placed as before,” Silfverberg said. “It’s definitely something we’re working on.”

The Ducks have scored two or more goals only three times and are 3 of 31 on the power play during their losing streak despite having the edge in shots in five games.

“We seem to be snake-bit around the net. We’ve had amble chances, but haven’t been able to find the back of the net consistently,” coach Randy Carlyle said.

Silfverberg opened the scoring at 8:52 of the first when he took a pass from Brandon Montour and put a one-timer past Nilsson from just outside the right faceoff circle for his 11th of the season but only second in the past 11 games.

Ryan tied it at 9:23 of the third period when he got the rebound of Gibson’s save on Dylan DeMelo’s shot and was able to chip it under Gibson’s left pad for his eighth of the season. It was his third goal and eighth point in 11 games against his former team, which drafted him second overall in 2005. The Senators’ right wing also extended his point streak to five games (two goals, four assists).

NOTES: Anaheim C Rickard Rakell returned to the lineup after missing 13 games due to an ankle sprain. … D Jake Dotchin appeared in his 100th NHL game. … The Ducks did not commit a penalty for the first time this season. … Ottawa C Matt Duchene is not on the road trip as his wife, Ashley, gave birth to the couple’s first child, Beau, on Wednesday. Duchene is second on the team with 43 points and has six goals and two assists in his past eight games. … DeMelo, who assisted on Ryan’s goal, has an assist in three straight games. … Anaheim had five shots on goal in the first period, marking the sixth time this season the Ducks have had five or fewer in the opening period.

UP NEXT

Senators: Visit the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Ducks: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night to conclude the homestand.

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Joe Reedy, The Associated Press

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Senators snap 8-game skid with 2-1 win over Ducks in OT

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