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Drake Batherson's goal and assist lifts Senators over Predators

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Drake Batherson scored a goal and assisted on another to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

Claude Giroux and Alex DeBrincat also scored, Shane Pinto had a pair of assists and Cam Talbot made 27 saves for the Senators, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Yakov Trenin and Nino Niederreiter scored and Juuse Saros made 30 saves for Nashville, losers of two straight.

Batherson and Niederreiter scored goals a minute apart in the third. Batherson’s came with the teams skating 4-on-4 just as a DeBrincat penalty expired, giving Batherson credit for a power-play goal.

Senators' Batherson chips puck over Saros' glove to convert on breakaway
Watch as Ottawa Senators forward Drake Batherson pulls off a slick move before chipping the puck over Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros' glove to convert on a breakaway and extend the team's lead to 3-1.
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    Niederreiter’s goal made it 3-2 with 9:45 remaining, but the Predators could not find the equalizer.

    Trenin scored the game’s first goal at 16:57 of the second period after Mark Jankowski jarred the puck loose just inside the Ottawa zone and found a trailing Trenin, who beat Talbot with a wrist shot on the far side.

    Giroux sent the teams to the second intermission tied at 1 with a power-play goal with 7.5 seconds remaining. Nashville was shorthanded due to a too many men on the ice penalty, then Predators defenceman Jeremy Lauzon was jammed into the boards by Ottawa’s Mark Kastelic. Lauzon skated directly to the Nashville bench, but a replacement was unable to get back into the play before Giroux swatted the puck home after a scramble in front.

    DeBrincat was credited with giving Ottawa the lead at 3:55 of the third when he attempted to pass the puck to Batherson, but it deflected off of the stick of Predators defenceman Dante Fabbro and between Saros’ pads.

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        SHORTHANDED

        Nashville played the third period with just four defensemen. Lauzon did not return for the third period, and Alexandre Carrier did not play after the five-minute mark of the second. He logged just 12 shifts in the game and 7:20 of ice time.

        HOT POWER PLAY

        Despite coming up empty with the man advantage in three attempts with the man advantage at Dallas on Thursday, Ottawa’s power play entered Saturday with six power-play goals in their last 16 opportunities. With two power-play goals in six chances Saturday, the Senators have found the back of the net in eight of their last 22 chances.

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          NOT-SO-FRIENDLY FIRE

          Five minutes into the second period, there was a tense moment on the Ottawa bench when a frustrated Thomas Chabot tried to slam his stick against the glass between the benches. Unfortunately for fellow Senators defenceman Travis Hamonic, Chabot’s stick caught him just under his left eye, causing him to fall backwards on the bench.

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              Hamonic was tended to by Ottawa’s training staff and an apologetic Chabot and remained on the bench and did not miss a shift.

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