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03/23 22:08 CDT Senators boost their playoff push by beating the Rangers 2-1
Senators boost their playoff push by beating the Rangers 2-1
By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Shane Pinto scored on the power play, Warren Foegele added
his fifth goal in nine games since being traded and the Ottawa Senators made up
more ground in their chase to make the playoffs by beating the New York Rangers
2-1 on Monday night.
The Rangers had just nine shots on goal, matching a franchise worst set on Dec.
11, 1955, in a defeat at Detroit --- and the fewest in a game by any NHL team
since 2003. They lost for a 25th time in 34 home games this season.
Ottawa won its third in a row, improving to 14-3-2 since Jan. 25 and moving two
points back of the second and final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference
with 12 games to play.
The latest victory came at a cost of two more injuries to an already depleted
defense. Thomas Chabot took a stick to the right arm from J.T. Miller in the
final seconds of the first period and Lassi Thomson left his first NHL game
since Nov. 25, 2022, during the second because of a lower-body injury. Neither
returned.
The Senators, missing Jake Sanderson because of an upper-body injury and Nick
Jensen following knee surgery, finished the game with four defensemen.
New York goaltender Igor Shesterkin stopped 31 shots and was the only reason
the deficit wasn't worse. Conor Sheary scored on the Rangers' seventh shot to
end James Reimer's shutout bid with 13 minutes left.
Mika Zibanejad skated in his 1,000th regular-season game, his 719th with the
Rangers after playing his first 281 with Ottawa. Zibanejad was honored in a
pregame ceremony with a video narrated by his wife, Irma, and presented a
silver stick along with a mini version for their young daughter, Ella.
Up next
Senators: Visit the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night in a matchup of Eastern
Conference teams fighting to make the playoffs.
Rangers: Visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.
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