Forsberg nets shutout as Senators beat Kraken 3-0

Anton Forsberg stopped 22 shots and recorded a shutout against nan Seattle Kraken for nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, lifting nan Ottawa Senators to a 3-0 triumph connected Saturday night

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Anton Forsberg stopped 22 shots and recorded a shutout against nan Seattle Kraken for nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, lifting nan Ottawa Senators to a 3-0 triumph connected Saturday night.

Brady Tkachuk scored successful nan 2nd period, his team-leading seventh of nan season.

Adam Gaudette opening nan scoring successful nan first play pinch a backhanded chip-in aft a coach’s situation overturned an first no-goal ruling. Gaudette has scored six goals successful his past 5 games.

Tim Stutzle added an quiet netter pinch conscionable complete 2 minutes remaining.

The Kraken had plentifulness of chances arsenic nan Senators began to tally retired of state connected nan 2nd nighttime of a back-to-back, but had nary reply for Forsberg. Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer made 20 saves successful a losing effort.

Kraken: In nan 3rd crippled of a five-game roadworthy trip, Seattle has mislaid 2 successful a row. The Kraken were 0 for 4 connected nan powerfulness play.

Senators: Ottawa had nan full squad firing from apical to bottommost — from nan captain, Tkachuk, connected nan first line, to Gaudette connected nan 4th statement — while Forsberg stood connected his caput aft arriving location aft midnight from New York.

Five minutes into nan 3rd period, arsenic nan Senators were showing signs of slowing down, Forsberg went post-to-post to make a sensational prevention connected Jordan Eberle to support nan crippled astatine 2-0.

Ottawa coach Travis Green is now 3 for 3 connected successfully overturning calls connected reappraisal this season.

The Kraken sojourn nan Boston Bruins connected Sunday. The Senators sojourn nan Buffalo Sabres connected Tuesday.

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