Senators beat the Islanders 3-0, clinch a playoff spot after Red Wings lose

NEW YORK (AP) — Ridly Greig scored a short-handed goal, Linus Ullmark stopped all 23 shots he faced and the Ottawa Senators shut out the New York Islanders 3-0 on Saturday.

Ottawa got into the playoffs a few hours later when Detroit lost at home in regulation to New Jersey and the Red Wings were eliminated. The Islanders' hopes took another hit with a fifth loss in six games.

Senators captain Brady Tkachuk took a puck up high late in the second period, returned for one shift in the third and then did not return. Coach Travis Green said Tkachuk was not feeling well.

Greig made it a 1-0 game with 6:54 remaining in the first. Jake Sanderson scored in the third, and Michael Amadio sealed it with an empty-netter. The Islanders went 0 for 5 on the power play.

New York is now 1-1 since firing coach Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer as his replacement. Ilya Sorokin allowed two goals on 15 shots.

Senators: Visit the Devils on Sunday night.

Islanders: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

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New York Islanders' Casey Cizikas (53) reacts after an NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Ottawa Senators' Jake Sanderson (85) and Drake Batherson (19) celebrate with teammates after Sanderson scored a goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) and Thomas Chabot (72) protects the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Islanders' Casey Cizikas (53) fihts with Ottawa Senators' Dylan Cozens (24) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Ottawa Senators' Jake Sanderson (85) celebrates with Claude Giroux (28) after scoring a goal as New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) watches during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Shane Lowry became the first player with two career holes-in-one at the Masters on Saturday.

More importantly, his ace at the par-3 sixth put him in contention for his first green jacket.

Playing with Tommy Fleetwood and trying to chase down good buddy Rory McIlroy, Lowry hit a 7-iron from 190 yards and watched the ball hop three times before disappearing into the cup. He reared back and shook his arms in celebration, almost exactly like he did a decade ago, when Lowry aced the par-3 16th during the final round of the Masters.

“You don't ever expect to make a hole-in-one. I just couldn't believe it,” he said. “Obviously, you know, you're out here, and you're in the hunt at the Masters, and you're making a hole-in-one — it's pretty cool.”

Even cooler: Lowry ended up shooting 68, leaving him 9 under for the tournament and two back of McIlroy and Cameron Young.

“We all know it’s all about tomorrow. You know what I mean?” asked Lowry, whose only major victory came at the 2019 British Open. “Obviously it matters, today, but when we get to tomorrow, that’s when, you know, we’ll see what everyone is made of.”

Perhaps more incredible than his second ace in the Masters was the fact that it was Lowry's second ace in as many events. He had a hole-in-one on the second hole at Memorial Park during the Houston Open, using the same 7-iron he used on Saturday.

As for the Masters, it was the first hole-in-one since Stewart Cink's on the 16th in 2022. And it was just the seventh ace to happen on the difficult, downhill sixth hole; Corey Conners had the last one during the 2021 tournament.

Anyone who makes a hole-in-one during the Masters is rewarded with a crystal bowl. Now, Lowry's the first with two of them.

He has a rapidly growing list of aces at some of golf's iconic venues, too. Along with his two at Augusta National, and his recent one in Houston, the Irishman has aced the 17th at TPC Sawgrass — the famed island green — and the seventh at Pebble Beach.

“Maybe I'm just good. I don't know,” Lowry said, laughing. “I don't know.”

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Shane Lowry, of Ireland, waves after a hole-in-one on the sixth hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Shane Lowry, of Ireland, waves after a hole-in-one on the sixth hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)