Overview
- Ottawa, which won 3-2 in Detroit on Tuesday, got a goal and an assist from 20-year-old call-up Carter Yakemchuk in his NHL debut after he was recalled to cover multiple blue line injuries.
- The night before at Madison Square Garden, the Senators beat the Rangers 2-1 by limiting New York to nine shots, a total that tied the Rangers’ franchise low and marked the NHL’s first sub-10-shot outing allowed since 2003.
- Thomas Chabot and Lassi Thomson left Monday’s game hurt and did not return, and coach Travis Green said they will be out for a while as the club also continues to miss Jake Sanderson, Nick Jensen and Dennis Gilbert.
- Ottawa has won four straight and is 14-3-2 since Jan. 25, turning a midseason surge into a late push for an Eastern Conference wild-card berth.
- The back-to-back wins tightened the playoff race, leaving Ottawa neck-and-neck with Detroit and the Islanders for the final wild-card spot with roughly a dozen games to play.