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Ottawa Senators vs New Jersey Devils Wrap - Ottawa Wins 3-2

Ottawa earned a 3-2 victory over New Jersey on Monday, but needed a shootout to do it at Prudential Center.

Ottawa was an underdog by +158 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Ottawa got goals from Drake Batherson, and Brady Tkachuk in the victory. Batherson opened the scoring at 7:15 of the second period.

Anton Forsberg stopped 22 of 24 New Jersey shots in the victory.

New Jersey got goals from Nathan Bastian, and Damon Severson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 21 of 23 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Ottawa went 0-for-1, while the Devils were 0-for-0 with the man advantage.

New Jersey outshot Ottawa 24-23 in the game.

Next game, Ottawa takes its act home to face New York looking for another win. For New Jersey, they head home to face Philadelphia.