OTTAWA, Ont. (AP) – Mike Hoffman made up for missing a penalty shot by scoring the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the Jackets on Saturday night.
David Legwand and Erik Karlsson also scored and Robin Lehner stopped 38 shots to help Ottawa get its fourth straight win after losing its opener.
Nick Foligno and David Savard scored for the Blue Jackets. Curtis McElhinney allowed two goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Sergei Bobrovsky, who gave up one goal on 18 shots.
With the score tied 2-2, Hoffman — who had been a healthy scratch the past two games — used his speed to get to the net and beat Bobrovsky on the backhand at 9:38 of the third.
McElhinney was placed on the injured reserve list Sunday after suffering an upper body injury and he is expected to be out of action at least one week.