"I thought we came out real strong. I thought our first period was great," Senators coach Guy Boucher said. "It's too bad that we were trailing, and to only give up three shots to an opponent that is amazing at home, they don't have a lot of losses here. I thought we played great. I thought it was a follow-up of our last game in Washington [3-2 loss] where we only gave up 22 shots."
Ryan tied it 2-2 on a breakaway at 3:57 of the second period off a stretch pass from Stone.
"It was a great pass and we had eye contact for three seconds before it, so I knew it was coming," Ryan said. "I was trying to find that lane for him, but I got little too far across the ice and I had to pivot backwards, and I made it way harder on myself to pick it up than I probably needed to, but his touch was incredible on it. It was a great pass."
Matt Duchene scored on the power play at 10:45 to give Ottawa a 3-2 lead.