Senators edge Hurricanes to end six-game slide

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Anton Forsberg made an NHL career-high 47 saves to help the Ottawa Senators end a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena on Thursday.

Alex Formenton scored twice, Josh Norris broke a tie in the third period, and Tyler Ennis had two assists for the Senators (5-15-1). Ottawa lost 6-2 at home to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday.
"We got in at 3 o'clock in the morning last night, and I told them this morning that this would be one of the gutsier ones to get off the schneid," Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. "[The Hurricanes] shoot every puck on net no matter where it's from. They're up tight on you, there's not a lot of room. It's a perfect place to get that win that we needed."

Teuvo Teravainen and Andrei Svechnikov scored for the Hurricanes (15-6-1), who are 1-4-1 in their past six games. Antti Raanta made 17 saves, and Sebastian Aho had two assists.
"The guys played hard," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "I don't really have much to say. It kind of felt like this [during] the last two-week stretch. We're playing as good hockey as we can play. Tonight we did everything right, but we didn't get the win."
The Hurricanes rallied to tie it after trailing by two in the third period before Norris put the Senators in front 3-2 at 14:06. Raanta stopped a backhand from Norris, but the puck went in the net off the right skate of Carolina defenseman Ian Cole.
"It would be easy to say, 'Here we go again,' but I put the Norris line back out and they took the game over," Smith said of the line of Norris, Drake Batherson and Brady Tkachuk. "That's what the people are going to see and [it's] something they can rally behind. That's a legitimate line that's going to be good for a long time."

Carolina had tied it with two goals in 1:45. Aho made a no-look pass to Teravainen for a one-timer from the right face-off circle to cut it to 2-1 at 12:02 on the power play, and Svechnikov made it 2-2 at 13:47 on the rebound of Aho's wrist shot through traffic.
"It was kind of a relief, but they scored right away the third one," Svechnikov said. "In the same situation, we've got to score one more."
The Senators took a 1-0 lead at 2:43 of the first period when Formenton took a pass off the boards from Ennis, got behind Hurricanes defenseman Brendan Smith and scored through the five-hole.
"We just tried to spring 'Formy,'" linemate Chris Tierney said. "He's got great speed. You can never catch him in full stride with the puck. He's going to create room and probably good things are going to happen."
Ottawa extended the lead to 2-0 at 9:05 of the third when Formenton scored off the skate of Carolina forward Martin Necas. It was originally ruled no goal on the ice because of goaltender interference, but Smith challenged the call, and video review determined Svechnikov caused Formenton to make contact with Raanta.

"I play with two great playmakers and goal-scorers, so wherever they are on the ice, I try to use my legs to open up the ice for them," Formenton said. "They found me really well tonight."
The Hurricanes outshot the Senators 20-3 in the first period, when Ottawa had 10 of its 21 blocked shots.
"You could see it right away," Forsberg said. "They were boxing out, they were blocking shots all game long. We were sacrificing ourselves to win. That's how we have to play every night."
Carolina's 49 shots were a season high.
"Are they feeling it? Yep," Brind'Amour said. "They're upset that they're not scoring and they're not getting the results, so it's a double whammy. You're not going to suddenly come out and do something different to get those results. You have to do it right, and I think this team has been doing it right. It will work out. We will start scoring a lot more."
NOTES: Forsberg tied the Senators record for most saves in a win, set by Craig Anderson in a 1-0 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 19, 2011. … Carolina forward Jordan Martinook left the game with an ankle injury in the second period. There was no update. … Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin had an assist and four shots in a game-high 29:30. … Carolina had 15 power-play shots in 7:09 and was 1-for-4 with the man-advantage. … Teravainen scored his 100th NHL goal in his 471st game.