nhl Game Recap
Ottawa Skates Past New York 4-1 - Recap
Ottawa skated to a 4-1 victory over New York on Wednesday in NHL action at Madison Square Garden.
Bettors who backed the Senators were rewarded as +152 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 6.0.
Zack Smith, Brian Gibbons, Brady Tkachuk, and Bobby Ryan each scored for the Senators in the victory. Ryan opened the scoring for Ottawa.
Anders Nilsson stopped 27 of 28 New York shots in the victory.
Lias Andersson scored for the Rangers, finding the net behind Anders Nilsson.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 of 31 shots for the Rangers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Ottawa went 2-for-6, while the Rangers were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Ottawa by a margin of 31-28.
Next game, Ottawa takes its act on the road to face Buffalo looking for another win. For New York, they head home to face Columbus.