Anderson helps Sens snap losing skid with shutout victory over Rangers

OTTAWA - Craig Anderson stopped 35 shots as the Ottawa Senators snapped a two-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the New York Rangers Sunday afternoon.

Bobby Ryan, Mike Hoffman and Jean-Gabriel Pageau provided the offence for Ottawa (23-20-6) while Anderson picked up his 32nd career shutout and third of the season.

Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves for the Rangers (26-17-5).

The 18,940 on hand at Canadian Tire Centre were treated to a goaltending duel for much of the afternoon.

Both Anderson and Lundqvist made a number of big saves to keep the game scoreless.

Leading 1-0 early in the third, the Senators got a little breathing room as Hoffman scored his team-leading 22nd to make it 2-0.

Hoffman used Ryan as a decoy on a 2-on-1 and beat Lundqvist glove side.

Pageau made it 3-0 with a short-handed empty-net goal with just over two minutes remaining in regulation.

It wasn't until the dying seconds of the second period that the Senators were able to solve Lundqvist.

Jared Cowen's shot from inside the blueline hit the post and Ryan got his stick on the rebound to give Ottawa a 1-0 lead. Ryan, with his 17th of the season, is one goal shy of tying his season total from last year.

New York's Kevin Hayes had a good opportunity to open the scoring early in the second, but he missed a wide-open net.

This was the third and final meeting between the two teams with the Senators going 1-1-1.

Notes: Ottawa was without C Kyle Turris and D Marc Methot, who are both day-to-day with lower body injuries. LW Milan Michalek is out indefinitely after breaking a finger. The Rangers were without LW Rick Nash, who is day-to-day with a lower body injury.