Senators win on late goal by Chris Kelly

SAN JOSE -- Chris Kelly scored with 1:06 to play to help the Ottawa Senators defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 at SAP Center on Wednesday.
Kelly tracked down a loose puck that bounced over the stick of Sharks defenseman Justin Braun in the neutral zone and beat goaltender Martin Jones from close range.

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"The puck was bouncing around a lot," Kelly said. "It bounced past the first defender and then got to the second defender's skate, and I just tried to tip it through and it was in. I was trying to get it up and fortunately it went in."

Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic tried to hit the bouncing puck just after it came off the right side boards but missed. Then Braun whiffed.
"I feel the guy coming on me and I'm trying to whack it over to [Joe Thornton]," Braun said. "Miss. Miss with my feet. It keeps going, and [Vlasic] didn't have enough time to get back. Just a play you got to whack out of the air."
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had an empty-net goal with 15.1 seconds left for the Senators (16-9-2), who defeated San Jose for the fifth straight time and beat the Sharks at SAP Center for the third straight time, a franchise record.
Mark Stone and Erik Karlsson scored first-period goals for Ottawa, and Mike Condon made 35 saves. Karlsson also had two assists.
"We got a good start and then [we spent] half the time in the penalty box," Senators coach Guy Boucher said. "There was really a mental toughness that showed to really stick to it.
"That Kelly goal, that was a tremendous effort by him. The guys were terrific the last 10 minutes. It was about our focus and finding a way to win."

Logan Couture and Brent Burns also scored for San Jose (15-10-1), which played for the first time since Friday and saw its three-game winning streak end.
Stone gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 3:42 of the first period on the power play, his ninth goal of the season
Karlsson made it 2-0 at 7:19 with his seventh goal of the season, a wrist shot from above the right circle. The goal gave him 411 career points, and he passed Wade Redden to become Ottawa's all-time scoring leader among defensemen.
Couture cut Ottawa's lead to 2-1 at 8:19 of the second period with a power-play goal. It was his 10th of the season and sixth on the power play.
Burns made it 2-2 with a wrist shot from above the right circle at 6:30 of the third period with the Sharks and Senators playing 4-on-4. Paul Martin had the assist, giving him 300 career points.
The Sharks went 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Senators went 1-for-4.
"Just a weird flow of the game," Burns said. "Killing penalties, power play. We're getting chances, the puck's bouncing everywhere. Just one of those weird games I think. Two of their goals were just crazy bounces."

Goal of the game

Kelly's second goal of the season turned out to be the game-winner. The puck bounced past Braun in the neutral zone and Kelly made him pay, beating Jones with a wrist shot inside the left post.

Save of the game

Sharks forward Joe Pavelski had a 13-foot wrist shot from the slot with 4:20 left in the first period, but Condon got his pads down, preserving Ottawa's 2-0 lead.

Unsung performance of the game

Pavelski had a game-high seven shots, a number of good scoring chances and hit a post but couldn't get the puck past Condon. Pavelski also won nine of 13 faceoffs (69 percent).

Highlight of the game

Stone got Ottawa off to a fast start with a power-play goal. Mike Hoffman's shot from the right circle deflected off of Burns' skate. Stone got to the loose puck in the slot and beat Jones with a backhand.

They said it

"We wanted to play better with the lead, but we kept them at bay and showed a lot of resilience there. We'll take the two points and get out of here as quick as we can." -- Senators goaltender Mike Condon
"I thought early in the game we were good. Their goalie I thought played well in the first, kind of let them hang around. They were opportunistic on their goals. That was the story of the game. I think you play that way or that game 10 times, you probably win eight or nine of them, but we didn't." -- Sharks coach Peter DeBoer

Need to know

Senators goaltender Craig Anderson returned to Ottawa on Tuesday to be with his wife, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. ... Senators wing Bobby Ryan returned after missing three games with an injured hand. ... Sharks defenseman David Schlemko missed the game with a lower-body injury.

What's next

Senators: At the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday (4 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN5, FS-W, NHL.TV)
Sharks: At the Anaheim Ducks on Friday (10 p.m. ET; SN, CSN-CA, PRIME, NHL.TV)