OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Sam Bennett and Matt Stajan scored and David Rittich made 29 saves to lead the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night.
The win was the second straight for the Flames, who ended a four-game losing streak with a victory in Buffalo on Wednesday night.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau spoiled Rittich's bid for his first career shutout by scoring on a penalty shot with 7:05 left in the game.
Mike Condon made 35 saves for the Senators, including a breakaway stop on Johnny Gaudreau with the score still 1-0 in Calgary's favor early in the third period.
Stajan gave the Flames a 2-0 lead at 11:42 of the third when he redirected a pass from Curtis Lazar past Condon.
Shortly after, Pageau was hooked by Dougie Hamilton while on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot. He beat Rittich, who was making just his 19th career start, through the legs.
The one goal through the first 40 minutes came in the opening period when Bennett took advantage of a number of bodies crashing the crease to give the Flames a 1-0 lead at 4:25 of the first period. Senators coach Guy Boucher challenged the goal, citing goaltender interference, but it took only a few seconds of review before it was deemed a good goal.
The biggest save of the first two periods came late in the second when Condon sprawled to make one after TJ Brodie's shot went wide left before bouncing off the end boards right to Sean Monahan on the right of the goal.
NOTES: Jim O'Brien and Erik Burgdoerfer were scratches for the Senators, while Chris Stewart, Tanner Glass, Nick Shore and Matt Bartkowski were out for the Flames. ... Gaudreau's 56 assists are most by a Flames player since Alex Tanguay had 59 in 2006-07. ... Both Stajan and Bennett scored their first NHL goals against the Senators - Stajan in 2003 while with the Leafs and Bennett in 2015 with the Flames.
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Flames: vs. New York Islanders on Sunday.
Senators: at Florida on Monday.
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