Ottawa Ices New York 5-2 - Recap

Ottawa Ices New York 5-2 - Recap

The Senators earned a 5-2 victory over the Islanders on Sunday at Scotiabank Place.

Ottawa was favored by -135 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Chris Neil, Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris, and Jim O'Brien each scored for the Senators in the victory. Michalek opened the scoring for Ottawa, finding the back of the net at 12:21 of the second period. The goal was assisted by Erik Karlsson and Kyle Turris.

Robin Lehner stopped 28 of 30 New York shots in the victory.

P.A. Parenteau and John Tavares scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Robin Lehner.

New York got a 19-stop effort from Evgeni Nabokov in the loss.

Ottawa scored 2 times on 3 chances on the power play, while New York went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

New York outshot Ottawa 30-24 in the game.

Ottawa looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Bruins. The Islanders will aim to get back on the winning track at Washington.