OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Bo Horvat had a goal and two assists, and the New York Islanders beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday night.
Anders Lee had a goal and an assist for New York, which won for the third time in four games. Oliver Wahlstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored, and Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves.
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Ottawa Senators centre Tim Stutzle (18) returns to the game with sutures above his right eye after being hit in the face with a puck, during second period NHL hockey action against the New York Islanders in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Senators defenceman Nick Jensen (3) celebrates his goal against the New York Islanders with right wing Claude Giroux (28) during third period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Senators centre Tim Stutzle (18) is helped off the ice by a trainer after taking a puck to the face during first period NHL hockey action against the New York Islanders in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee (27) skates the puck past Ottawa Senators right wing Drake Batherson (19) during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
The glove of New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov, centre hidden, reaches out to make the save as Ottawa Senators right wing Drake Batherson (left), right wing Claude Giroux (28), and Islanders defenceman Grant Hutton (34) look for the puck, during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Senators right wing Claude Giroux (28) tries to knock the puck away from New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee (27) during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
New York Islanders centre Brock Nelson (29) keeps Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk (7) from getting a shot on goaltender Semyon Varlamov (40) during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
New York Islanders centre Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) celebrates a goal as Ottawa Senators right wing Claude Giroux (28) skates away, during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Nick Jensen and Drake Batherson scored for Ottawa in the third period. Tim Stutzle had two assists.
Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg made 21 stops.
Wahlstrom's first goal of the season lifted New York to a 3-0 lead 2:41 into the third. But Jensen scored his first of the year at 7:43 and Batherson made it 3-2 with his sixth with 5:33 remaining.
But Horvat put it away with an empty-netter with 10 seconds to go.
Ottawa had a scary moment on a power play midway through the first period when Josh Norris’ shot deflected off Ryan Pulock and caught Stutzle hard in the forehead.
Stutzle returned to start the second period and played the remainder of the game.
Islanders: The line of Lee, Horvat and Pageau was terrific.
Senators: Defenseman Artem Zub returned after missing nine games with a concussion. He was on the top pairing with Jake Sanderson.
With 1:38 remaining in the second period, Pageau beat Sanderson in a battle for the puck and broke in alone to beat Forsberg high on the stick side.
Brady Tkachuk leads the Senators with seven goals, but his five-game point streak came to an end.
The Islanders host New Jersey on Saturday, and the Senators visit Boston to open a two-game trip.
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Ottawa Senators centre Tim Stutzle (18) returns to the game with sutures above his right eye after being hit in the face with a puck, during second period NHL hockey action against the New York Islanders in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Senators defenceman Nick Jensen (3) celebrates his goal against the New York Islanders with right wing Claude Giroux (28) during third period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Senators centre Tim Stutzle (18) is helped off the ice by a trainer after taking a puck to the face during first period NHL hockey action against the New York Islanders in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee (27) skates the puck past Ottawa Senators right wing Drake Batherson (19) during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
The glove of New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov, centre hidden, reaches out to make the save as Ottawa Senators right wing Drake Batherson (left), right wing Claude Giroux (28), and Islanders defenceman Grant Hutton (34) look for the puck, during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Senators right wing Claude Giroux (28) tries to knock the puck away from New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee (27) during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
New York Islanders centre Brock Nelson (29) keeps Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk (7) from getting a shot on goaltender Semyon Varlamov (40) during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
New York Islanders centre Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) celebrates a goal as Ottawa Senators right wing Claude Giroux (28) skates away, during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
