Senators Beat Mammoth 4-2

The Ottawa Senators topped the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Saturday night at Canadian Tire Centre, and Samuel Ersson made 30 saves.

Fabian Zetterlund scored on the power play at 5:27 in the first period, set up by Stephen Halliday and Philip Tomasino. Clayton Keller scored at 9:57 in the first period, set up by Anders Lee. Michael Amadio scored at 6:29 in the third period, set up by Claude Giroux and Tyler Kleven.

Barrett Hayton scored at 9:53 in the third period, set up by Clayton Keller and MacKenzie Weegar. Nick Cousins scored at 17:42 in the third period, set up by Thomas Chabot and Shane Pinto.

Utah outshot Ottawa 32-21. Karel Vejmelka stopped 17 of 20 shots for Utah and Samuel Ersson stopped 30 of 32 shots for Ottawa.

The Senators moved to 11-6-1. The Mammoth dropped to 10-7-1.

The Senators are sixth in the Eastern Conference and have won two straight.

The Senators next host the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7:00 p.m. ET.