OTTAWA – Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist and Craig Anderson made 35 saves to help the Ottawa Senators to a 3-0 win against the New York Rangers at Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday.
Hoffman helped set up Bobby Ryan to open the scoring late in the second period and scored his team-leading 22nd goal at 2:40 of the third period when the Senators (23-20-6) ended a two-game losing streak.
The shutout was Anderson's third of the season and the 32nds of his career.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a short-handed goal into the empty net at 17:38 of the third period. It was the Senators NHL-leading 10th short-handed goal of the season and Pageau's League-leading fifth.
Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves for the Rangers (26-17-5), who had their two-game winning streak ended. They were shut out for the fourth time this season.
The win was the Senators' fifth in their past 13 games (5-8-0).
Ryan opened the scoring at 19:40 of the second period when he finished off an odd man break by battling in the New York crease for a loose puck to make it 1-0.
Ryan carried the puck into the Rangers zone and deep into the corner to the right of Lundqvist. He passed it back to Hoffman in the circle who relayed it to defenseman Jared Cowen at the left point.
Cowen's hard shot went off the right post and Ryan outworked Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein to knock in the loose puck in the Rangers crease.
With Anderson out of position early in the second period, Rangers forward Kevin Hayes was alone at the edge of the crease and fanned on a chance to put the puck in the empty net.
The Rangers play the Sabres in Buffalo on Monday; the Senators next game is against the Sabres at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday.
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