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Ottawa • Craig Anderson and the Ottawa Senators had one of their most impressive wins of the season.
Anderson stopped 27 shots for his second shutout of the season and Ottawa defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 on Monday.
"We definitely had one of our better games this year and we played our most consistent game, playing hard-nosed and in their face," Anderson said.
"We know they have a good team and they bring it every night and they do things right 99 percent of the time so we found a way to win the game and do it with conviction."
Senators coach Paul MacLean was pleased with the timing of the victory.
"It's the best way we possibly could (head into the break)," MacLean said. "If we were looking for something under the tree that could be a motivator for us and a feel-good thing for us, beating Pittsburgh 5-0 we can head into this three-day break with a positive attitude."
The game was close after two periods, but the Senators dominated the third, outshooting the Penguins 15-9 while getting goals from Erik Karlsson, Kyle Turris and Cory Conacher.
NHL standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 37 25 10 2 52 106 77
Tampa Bay 37 23 11 3 49 106 87
Montreal 38 22 13 3 47 96 84
Detroit 39 17 13 9 43 99 108
Toronto 39 18 16 5 41 106 113
Ottawa 39 15 17 7 37 111 126
Florida 38 14 19 5 33 88 123
Buffalo 37 10 24 3 23 66 105
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 39 27 11 1 55 121 88
Washington 37 19 14 4 42 117 112
Philadelphia 37 17 16 4 38 93 104
N.Y. Rangers 38 18 18 2 38 88 102
New Jersey 38 15 16 7 37 92 99
Columbus 37 16 17 4 36 101 106
Carolina 37 14 15 8 36 86 105
N.Y. Islanders 38 11 20 7 29 96 129
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 39 26 7 6 58 145 107
St. Louis 36 24 7 5 53 128 85
Colorado 35 23 10 2 48 102 83
Minnesota 39 20 14 5 45 88 96
Dallas 35 17 12 6 40 101 105
Winnipeg 39 16 18 5 37 103 116
Nashville 37 16 17 4 36 85 109
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 39 27 7 5 59 127 98
Los Angeles 37 25 8 4 54 104 71
San Jose 36 22 8 6 50 116 90
Vancouver 39 22 11 6 50 106 93
Phoenix 36 19 10 7 45 111 110
Calgary 37 14 17 6 34 95 118
Edmonton 39 12 24 3 27 101 135
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday's games
N.Y. Rangers 2, Toronto 1, SO
Calgary 4, St. Louis 3, SO
Buffalo 2, Phoenix 1, OT
Anaheim 3, Washington 2
Columbus 4, Carolina 3
Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 0
N.Y. Islanders 3, Detroit 0
Tampa Bay 6, Florida 1
Philadelphia 4, Minnesota 1
Chicago 5, New Jersey 2
Boston 6, Nashville 2
Edmonton 6, Winnipeg 2
Dallas at Los Angeles, late
Colorado at San Jose, late
Tuesday's games
None scheduled