OTTAWA — Cam Talbot made 49 saves, including 26 in the third period, for the Ottawa Senators in a 3-2 shootout win against the Boston Bruins at Canadian Tire Center on Tuesday.
“Honestly, I can’t really describe it,” Talbot said. “You’re just focused on that puck, trying to do whatever you can to get your body or whatever in front of it. That’s all I was trying to do.
“I feel I left a few too many rebounds out there and gave them a few too many second chances, but more often than not we were able to clear those out. A great job by our guys battling tonight.”
Drake Batherson (two assists) extended his point streak to 11 games, and Alex DeBrincat and Tim Stutzle scored for the Senators (15-16-3), who ended a three-game skid (0-2-1).
Talbot stopped Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk and David Pastrnak in the shootout. DeBrincat scored the lone shootout goal with a backhand deke.
Video: BOS@OTT: DeBrincat lifts a backhand in shootout
“They’ve got like four (regulation) losses this year, so to be able to beat them was awesome,” Batherson said. “And I thought we played a great game, head to toe. Obviously, [Talbot] played unbelievable.”
Pavel Zacha tied it late in the third period, and DeBrusk scored for the Bruins (27-4-3), who had won four straight. Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves.
“Hats off to Talbot,” Swayman said. “That was a fun goalie battle.”
Zacha scored a five-hole with a wrist shot from the slot to tie it 2-2 at 16:27 of the third. The forward, who ended a 17-game goal drought, said he valued the encouragement he received from his teammates during the slump.
“A lot of guys have talked to me,” Zacha said. “They value what I do on the ice, creating chances, creating scoring chances for other players. The way we’re playing as a team, it helps you mentally and physically, especially when you can talk to the players like that, it’s great “
Video: BOS@OTT: Zacha fires in a shot from the face-off dot
Stutzle gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 8:11 when he one-timed a pass from Thomas Chabot at the right face-off dot on the power play.
“I think we worked really hard, but without [Talbot], I don’t think it would have been possible,” Stutzle said. “He kept us in the game the whole time. They had a lot of chances, but he was there when he had to be.”
DeBrusk tied it 1-1 at 10:33 when he decked Chabot at the blue line, gathered his wayward shot off the glass and tucked it past Talbot.
DeBrincat took a lead pass from Batherson and scored with a forehand deke on a breakaway to make it 2-1 at 13:37.
“I thought one of our best players tonight, on both sides of the puck, was DeBrincat,” Senators coach DJ Smith said. “I just thought he had the puck everywhere. He made that shootout goal look easy. He did a lot of good things.”
Video: BOS@OTT: DeBrincat grabs the lead with a nifty goal
Boston thought it’d scored when Patrice Bergeron beat Talbot with a short side wrist shot from the left face-off dot at 2:25 of the second period, but a coach’s challenge revealed the play was offside.
The Bruins outshot the Senators 27-5 in the third.
“It seemed like we were giving Cam all he could handle,” DeBrusk said. “Give him a lot of credit. I used to skate with Cam in the summers when he was in Edmonton, so I have a lot of respect for him. It [stinks] that we couldn’t get the two points, but it was a barrage of shots. We gave it our best shot. Give credit where credit’s due.”
NOTES: Senators defenseman Nikita Zaitsev Did not play after the first period because of a lower-body injury. Smith said Zaitsev is expected to “be out for the next little bit here,” and will be reevaluated Wednesday. … Batherson has 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in his past 11 games. It’s the longest point streak by an Ottawa player since Jason Spezza’s 11-game run in 2011-12. … Two of the Bruins’ seven losses have come against the Senators (7-5 on Oct. 18). … Boston forward Brad Marchand played his 900th NHL game. … Pastrnak’s point streak ended at 11 games. … Bergeron had a game-high eight shots on goal and won 23 of 31 face-offs (74 percent).
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