Stone scores two, Anderson stops 38 shots to lead Senators over Bruins 3-1

OTTAWA – Goaltender Craig Anderson is showing he can handle a heavy workload.

Anderson made 38 saves as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Boston Bruins 3-1 Sunday and it marked the 15th time this season that he’s faced 35 or more shots. He has an 11-2-2 record in those games.

“For me the way the game was, I thought we played a solid game and we were in the right spots at the right time,” said Anderson. “We allowed a lot of perimeter shots with some traffic, but guys did a great job blocking shots, boxing out and doing the little things that make a difference.”

“The big part of the reason why we’ve got any success is because of the goaltending that we’ve had and he’s a big part of it,” added Senators coach Dave Cameron.

Mark Stone scored twice and Mika Zibanejad had the other goal for the Senators (18-12-6), who snapped a two-game losing streak.

David Krejci was the lone Bruin to beat Anderson as Boston (19-12-4) dropped its third straight. Tuukka Rask made 19 saves.

Krejci suffered an undisclosed injury and did not play the third period. There was no further update after the game.

The Senators know they were far from their best, but will take the victory.

“It’s always nice and huge to get those two points,” said Zibanejad. “Obviously there’s periods in the game that we’re not happy with, but that’s something we’ll address (Monday), but like I said it’s a lot easier to do that with the win behind us.”

The Bruins were unable to beat Anderson in the third while trailing 2-1 and Stone sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with 54 seconds remaining.

“I don’t think that you have to second guess that the effort wasn’t good enough,” said Bruins coach Claude Julien.

“I think at the end of the day, they took advantage of their chances and made the most of it and we had ours, had lots of them. Their goalie played well for them tonight and we weren’t able to bury ours and I think that’s really the story of the game tonight. One shot away and we weren’t able to get that.”

The Senators led 2-1 after 40 minutes despite being outshot 31-17.

Boston tied the game at the seven-minute mark of the second after video review showed Krejci’s shot from in close had fully crossed the line.

Ottawa regained the lead late in the period as Zibanejad jumped on a Bobby Ryan rebound to make it 2-1.

“It’s tough for momentum (allowing a late goal) because you’ve got to come out the next period and start,” said Boston’s Zach Trotman. “The only positive is you have 20 minutes to regroup in the locker room, but that’s usually stuff you try to keep from happening.”

The Bruins had the early jump in the opening period. At one point Boston was outshooting the Senators 16-6, but it was Ottawa who opened the scoring.

The Senators took advantage of a power play as Stone, behind the net, banked a shot in off Dennis Seidenberg’s skate to give Ottawa a 1-0 lead in the dying seconds of the period.

“I was looking to give it to Bobby (Ryan), but he wasn’t even there so it was just a terrible play that ended up working,” said Stone.

The two teams meet again Tuesday in Boston.

Notes: Ottawa C Curtis Lazar missed the game due to an undisclosed injury and D Cody Ceci is week-to-week with upper body injury. Boston D Torey Krug did not make the trip to Ottawa after he suffered an undisclosed injury in Saturday’s 6-3 loss to Buffalo. D Colin Miller and RW Tyler Randell were healthy scratches.