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Senators get depth scoring to knock off Mammoth 4-2

Byline: Lisa Wallace

Senators get depth scoring to knock off Mammoth 4-2 | iNFOnews.ca
Ottawa Senators right wing Drake Batherson (19) battles with Utah Mammoth defenceman Nate Schmidt (88) as the puck enters the net behind goaltender Vitek Vanecek (41) on a shot from Senators' Jordan Spence during second period NHL action, in Ottawa, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA — Depth scoring made the difference for the Ottawa Senators in a 4-2 win over the Utah Mammoth on Sunday.

Nick Cousins, with the winner, Ridly Greig, Jordan Spence and Michael Amadio all scored for Ottawa.

Both teams were playing the back half of a back-to-back.

Utah (9-7-0) wrapped up a four-game road trip with one win and three losses, while Ottawa (8-5-3) opened a four-game homestand.

Leevi Merilainen, making his third NHL start, stopped 30 shots for the Senators.

Amadio scored his sixth of the season and fourth in as many games after tipping a Thomas Chabot shot past Vitek Vanecek, who made 21 saves, early in the third to make it 4-2.

After coming up empty on an early second period power play, the Senators still managed to head into the intermission with a 3-2 lead.

Spence regained the lead with a slapshot from the top of the slot for his first of the year. Cousins then made it 3-1 carrying the puck from behind the net, turning and scoring on the wraparound.

With just over one minute remaining in the period Nick Schmaltz cut the lead to one, taking a pass at centre, slipping past Jake Sanderson and sliding a backhand shot through Merilainen’s five-hole.

Ottawa opened the scoring midway through the first when Dylan Cozens’ shot deflected off Vanecek and dropped behind him, allowing Greig to tap it across the line. Clayton Keller tied the game late in the period, burying his own rebound for his sixth of the season.

TAKEAWAYS

Senators: The Senators’ power play continues to struggle going 0-for-2

Mammoth: Utah struggled to generate traffic in front of Merilainen and generate scoring chances.

KEY STAT

Michael Amadio has goals in his past four games.

KEY MOMENT

Early in the third, with Ottawa up 3-2, Utah thought it had tied the game when Jack McBain, sprawled on the ice, poked in a loose puck but the goal was waved off for incidental contact.

UP NEXT

Mammoth: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.

Senators: Host the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 9, 2025.

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