National Hockey League
Ottawa 2, Seattle 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 2, 2023
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18159

Anton Forsberg made 39 saves for his first shutout of the season as the host Ottawa Senators defeated the Seattle Kraken 2-0 on Saturday night.

Mathieu Joseph and Drake Batherson scored for the Senators, who snapped a three-game losing streak during which they had been outscored 14-5.

Goalie Joey Daccord, a former Senators draft pick playing his first game against his old team, stopped 26 of 28 shots for the Kraken, who suffered their fourth straight loss (0-3-1). Seattle will wrap up its four-game trip Monday in Montreal.

Joseph opened the scoring at 17:21 of the first period. Joseph picked off a pass at center ice and fed Rourke Chartier driving down the left wing. Chartier's shot was blocked but Seattle's Matty Beniers tripped as he started to skate the puck back up the ice and it slid to Joseph in the slot and he deked Daccord before lifting a shot inside the left post.

Ottawa's second goal, at 13:37 of the second, also came off a Kraken turnover deep in their own end. The Senators dumped the puck into the offensive zone, with Daccord stopping it behind the net. But Daccord fanned on a clearing pass and the Senators' Vladimir Tarasenko was able to get the puck, spin and send it to Tim Stutzle near the bottom of the right faceoff circle.

Stutzle eschewed a shot and fired a pass across the slot to a wide-open Batherson, who put a one-timer into the open side of the net as Daccord struggled to get back into position. The assist gave Stutzle his 200th career point.

Daccord made a highlight-reel stop on a two-on-one Ottawa rush midway through the third. Teammate Eeli Tolvanen hustled back and made a diving attempt with his stick extended to thwart the play.

Tolvanen got his stick on the pass and inadvertently redirected it on net. Daccord, who was moving from his left to right, had to reach back to glove the puck.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Seattle   Ottawa
N/A Points Drake Batherson 1
N/A Goals Drake Batherson 1
N/A Assists Tim Stutzle 1
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Joey Daccord .929 Save Percentage Anton Forsberg 1.000
Joey Daccord 26 Saves Anton Forsberg 39
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Seattle 39 0 0-3 3-3 6 31
Ottawa 28 2 0-3 3-3 8 31
Upcoming Games
  • Ottawa will play their next game at home against NY Rangers. The Senators have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .455 after a loss.
  • Seattle will play their next game on the road against Montreal. The Kraken have a W/L % of .250 after a win and .353 after a loss.