Ottawa Senators Defeat San Jose 5-4, 1/13/24

January 13, 2024

Ottawa Senators Defeat San Jose 5-4, 1/13/24

#SENS WIN ON STAR WARS NIGHT!#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/8XlHudTxaX
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) January 13, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

The Sharks played against the Senators in Ottawa on Saturday, January 13th. Both teams had a close chance of winning, it could've gone either way with the 5-4 score - The Senators ended up winning!

Sharks lineup against the Senators:

Eklund - Hertl - Hoffman

Duclair - Granlund - Zetterland

Barabanov - Kunin - Bailey

Zadina - Carpenter - Labanc

Ferraro - Okhotliuk

Thrun - Rutta

Vlasic - Addison

Blackwood

Kahkonen

Senators lineup against the Sharks:

Tkachuk - Greig - Giroux

Tarasenko - Stutzle - Batherson

Kubalik - Chartier - Joseph

Kelly - Kastellic - MacEwen

Sanderson - Zub

Chabot - Hamonic

Chychrun - Brannstrom

Korpisalo

Sogaard

Claude Giroux scores the first goal of the game, and the Senators lead by one. Thomas Chabot doubles the lead with his first! Anthony Duclair nets one, the first goal for the Sharks with 7:25 remaining in the first period. The final score of the first period was 2-1.

Marc-Edouard Vlasic ties up the game with his first of the season, 2-2 - Kevin Lebang scores soon after, the Sharks now taking the lead from Ottawa. Brady Tkachuk ties the game back up, 3-3 - Drake Batherson nets one soon after Tkachuk, getting the Senators right back in the lead! 4-3 was the final score of the second period.

Filip Zadina ties up the game 4-4 with 3:04 remaining in the third frame. Vladimir Tarasenko strikes his 10th of the season and the last goal of the game with 3.3 seconds left! The Senators win with a 5-4 score.

"It's a consistency thing - You don't try to win by making highlight reel plays every time. Just stay on the plan, trust the plan, and grind it over. That was the mentality today." Vladimir Tarasenko said after the Senators win against the Sharks.

- Vladimir Tarasenko stats:

- 10 Goals

- 18 Assists

- 28 Points

- Anthony Duclair stats:

- 8 Goals

- 8 Assists

- 16 Points

"We've played games where it's gone our way, we will play games where it doesn't," Justin Bailey said postgame after the Sharks loss to the Senators. "We want to get a point - We're looking towards the second half as an opportunity to build on our game, and continue to get points and what we can to win games."