The Ottawa Senators hit the road against the New York Rangers trying to prolong a three-game road winning streak.
Artem Zub and Zack Ostapchuk each scored and Anton Forsberg stopped 25 shots to lead the Senators to a 2-1 win over the Devils​ on Sunday.
It’s not a sleight of hand, what the Ottawa Senators are doing on the ice these days is very much for real. As the Senators near the 50-game mark of their NHL season, grabbing onto one of the NHL Eastern Conference’s eight playoff spots doesn’t seem as far-fetched as it was not so long ago.
The latest week of NHL action was packed full of entertaining games and more shaking up of the playoff picture, led by teams like the New York Rangers and Ottaw
Jonathan Quick ’s stellar performance wasn’t enough for the New York Rangers to escape Canada with two points as they lost 5-4 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night. Both the Rangers and Canadiens are in the heat of the playoff hunt, so there were high stakes going into this matchup.
A slow start to the game turned into a team effort to get the win as the Ottawa Senators defeated the New Jersey Devils by a score of 2-1.
New York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad shared his thoughts after the team's 5-4 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.
At least this week’s three games are at home. The last time the Rangers played that many consecutive games at home was Nov. 30-Dec. 9, when they were 2-3-0 on a five-game homestand.
On Sunday afternoon, the Ottawa Senators headed to the Prudential Center to take on the New Jersey Devils. The Senators stayed red hot as Anton Forsberg stopped 25 of 26 in a 2-1 victory.
The New York Rangers still will have a huge mountain to climb when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night, but the journey's distance is not as large as it was when the calendar flipped to 2025.
Coming back on four separate occasions, the Montreal Canadiens’ first lead of their Sunday night tilt against the New York Rangers ended up the 5-4 overtime winner.
Artem Zub and Zack Ostapchuk each scored a goal and Anton Forsberg stopped 25 shots to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.