Claude Giroux broke a third-period tie and added an assist, rookie Leevi Merilainen made 34 saves and the Ottawa Senators beat Utah 3-1 on Sunday night. Giroux gave Ottawa a 2-1 lead at 7:33 and helped set up Brady Tkachuk's goal with 6:38 remaining.

The Senators swept their third straight back-to-back weekend as they beat the Utah Hockey Club by a score of 3-1.

The Ottawa Senators limped back to home ice after being shut out in the final two games of a recent road trip. While the Senators were struggling as a team, a few key players were being held from the scoresheet at obscene rates.

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk expressed his relief and happiness after breaking a 10-game goalless streak in Sunday’s 3-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club.

What is troubling when it relates to Giroux is how, for his first two seasons in Ottawa, he was an absolute monster who showed up in big moments or whenever the team needed a mome

Claude Giroux was one of three Ottawa skaters to end lengthy scoring droughts as his third-period game-winner propelled the host Senators to a 3-1 victory Sunday over the Utah Hockey Club.

A commitment to defence has been a central theme for the Senators, not just Tkachuk, under new head coach Travis Green. The Senators have the sixth-best goals-against rate in the league, a 180-degree turn from the fifth-worst in the league last season.

Considering how Claude Giroux has two goals in his last 22 games, one of which was an empty net insurance marker against Minnesota on December 29th, it is hard to blame fans for wondering how much ...

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OTTAWA -- Leevi Merilainen made 34 saves, and the Ottawa Senators won 3-1 against the Utah Hockey Club at Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday.

Leevi Merilainen made 34 saves, and the Ottawa Senators won 3-1 against the Utah Hockey Club at Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday. Merilainen, a rookie who is 5-1-1 in his past seven starts, stretched to make a pad save on a bat from Logan Cooley to keep it 3-1 at 18:14 of the third

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