As the Ottawa Senators begin to look at next season, they matched up against the Tampa Bay Lightning in their 80th game of the season. The Ottawa Senators won 7-4.
First Period
Drake Batherson opens the scoring as he scores his 22nd goal of the season with 19:30 left in the period
Drake Batherson gets a piece of Brannstrom's point shot off the crazy carom, breaking the ice for Ottawa!#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/wplmEVeUCO
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Steven Stamkos ties things up with 17:09 left to play in the period.
Steven Stamkos loads up and claps one home on the power play, quickly tying it back up for the Lightning!#GoBolts pic.twitter.com/smOOAxJKjH
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Julien Gauthier scores his 9th goal of the season with 8:59 left to play in the period. in order to put the Sens back in the leads 2-1.
Julien Gauthier zips a rocket of a shot past Elliott on the rush to put the Senators back into the lead!#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/yqMOddDT7F
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The Sens are ahead 2-1 after 20. Shots are 7-6 in favor of the Senators.
Second Period
Patrick Brown adds to the lead as he scored with 13:39 left to play in the period. It is his fourth goal of the season.
Patrick Brown lifts the rebound past Elliott on his backhand to put the Senators up by 2!#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/VSTXSxiEtj
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Brandon Hagel scored with 6:22 left to play in the second to cut the deficit to 1. 3-2.
Brandon Hagel up to 29 goals on the year. pic.twitter.com/wgLXQBpH9y
— Chris Krenn (@Chris_Krenn) April 9, 2023
Victor Hedman scores to tie things up at three with 5:54 left to play in the period.
Victor Hedman lights the lamp with a heavy one-timer on the power play, knotting it up at 3!#GoBolts pic.twitter.com/x68HX3gVn3
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Tim Stützle restored the lead, but the play was called offside. The game remains tied at 3.
Tim Stützle may have just buried goal #38 on the season.
— Pesky Sickos (@PeskySickos) April 9, 2023
Tampa Bay challenging the play for offside.
4-3 is the call on the ice, ruling pending. #Sens #GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/cTPskBDULG
Alex DeBrincat scores on the powerplay with 16.1 seconds left in the period. It is his 27th goal of the season as the Senators are leading 4-3.
Alex DeBrincat scores a power-play goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning to make it 4-3 #OTTvsTBL #GoSensGo #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/oE6JsCvFGr
— nopClips (@nopClips) April 9, 2023
The Second Period ends with a 4-3 lead for the Sens, with the Senators leading in shots 22-16.

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Third Period
Egor Sokolov scores his first career NHL goal as the Senators expand their lead with 17:53 left to play in the game. 5-3.
Egor Sokolov cashes in on Cernak's mishap for his first NHL goal, putting Ottawa up by 2 in the third period!#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/xv02OLH40a
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Brayden Point cuts the deficit to one with his 49th goal of the year with 13:59 left in the game. 5-4.
Brayden Point gets open at the top of the crease and guides home Hedman's feed to respond for Tampa!#GoBolts pic.twitter.com/RZPhIfJtU8
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Mark Kastelic adds to the lead with his seventh goal of the season with 9:11 left to play as the Senators are leading 6-4.
Mark Kastelic chases down the loose puck and rifles a great shot past Elliott to put Ottawa back up by 2!#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/DA5e8gzqAp
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Claude Giroux scores his 32nd goal of the season and point 998 in his career with seconds left to play.
NUMBER 998!!!!
— Pesky Sickos (@PeskySickos) April 9, 2023
Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stützle put this puck on the stick of Claude Giroux to make sure he buries his 32nd of the year, and 998th point of his career, to ice this game.
7-4 Final #Sens #GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/dvXcfZk9KV
The game ends with the Ottawa Senators winning 7-4.
The Ottawa Senators will next play against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday at 7 pm.