Senators Blank Penguins 4-0, Extend Skid to Seven

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Linus Ullmark recorded 24 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 on Thursday night, extending Pittsburgh's losing streak to seven games.

Brady Tkachuk scored twice for Ottawa, including an empty-net goal in the third period, while David Perron and Claude Giroux added single tallies. The victory snapped a four-game home losing skid for the Senators, who improved to 16-13-4 overall and earned their first win at the Canadian Tire Centre since November 13.

The Penguins, now 14-10-9, have not won since December 4 and sit at 0-3-4 during the skid. Goaltender Arturs Silovs stopped 22 shots in the loss, but Pittsburgh managed few quality chances against a stout Ottawa defense.

Ottawa opened the scoring at 2:16 of the first period on the power play. Tim Stutzle, playing in his 400th career game, fed Drake Batherson low in the zone, and Batherson slid the puck across for Tkachuk to tap in his third goal of the season at the side of the net. Tkachuk, who had gone 12 games without scoring at home, expressed relief after the period. "I actually thought about it today. Holy cow, I can't believe I haven't scored...