James Reimer stopped all 16 pictures he confronted for his thirty second profession shutout and Ridly Greig scored halfway by means of the second interval, because the surging Ottawa Senators gained 2-0 over the lowly host Vancouver Canucks on Monday evening.
Tim Stutzle prolonged his level streak to 13 video games by helping on Brady Tkachuk’s empty-netter for the Senators, who’re on the surface of playoff place within the Japanese Convention, however gained their third straight amid a 5-0-2 stretch. With the outcome, Ottawa completed a 4-0-1 street stretch.
Reimer, enjoying in his eighth sport since becoming a member of Ottawa in January and making his first begin since Feb. 5 as backup to Linus Ullmark, was not severely examined all through the night. Nonetheless, he did make a key pad save on Zeev Buium late to protect the lead for the Senators, who’ve allowed two or fewer objectives 5 instances during the last seven contests.
Reimer’s earlier shutout got here again on April 8 towards Carolina, whereas enjoying for Buffalo. He was invited to camp with Toronto throughout the preseason, however launched by the membership previous to the common season, and is 4-3-1 with a 2.53 goals-against common for the Senators.
In the meantime, Kevin Lankinen was strong in making 22 saves for the Canucks. Nonetheless, his Vancouver teammates have been held to fewer than 20 pictures on objective for the ninth time this season.
The Canucks, who personal a league-low 46 factors, are mired in a 4-20-5 rut. They’ve additionally misplaced 5 in a row at residence, together with the final three in regulation.
After a primary interval the place the groups mixed for 12 pictures on objective and scoring possibilities at a premium by means of the primary half of the competition, Ottawa lastly opened the scoring with 9:49 remaining within the center body. Greig was centered sufficient to own a bouncing puck within the slot and ship it by Lankinen.
Even with star defenseman Jake Sanderson out of the lineup as a result of an upper-body harm, Ottawa was stout defensively all the evening, commonly limiting Vancouver’s scoring possibilities.
–Area Degree Media
