National Hockey League
Ottawa 5, Los Angeles 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, December 14, 2015
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Evgeny Romasko, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 17829

OTTAWA -- Two nights after embarrassing themselves in Montreal, the Ottawa Senators redeemed themselves on home ice.

Rebounding from a 3-1 loss to the Canadiens that saw them surrendered 27 first-period shots, the Senators defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 Monday night at Canadian Tire Centre.

"The nice thing about playing 82 games is you don't have much time to think about the last performance," said Senators goalie Craig Anderson, who made 33 saves in the win over Los Angeles. "For us, coming home, it's a good spot to have a refresh, recharge, kind of hit the reset button.

"We're all proud people. We get embarrassed. We don't get to this level by not being proud of what we do and what we can accomplish. I think that drives a lot of guys to be proud of what we've done and continue to strive for."

Winger Mike Hoffman led the Senators' attack with two goals, his 16th and 17th of the season, and an assist. Center Mika Zibanejad had a goal and two assists, while defenseman Erik Karlsson and center Kyle Turris had the other Ottawa goals.

Defensemen Jamie McBain and Jake Muzzin and winger Tyler Toffoli replied for the Kings.

Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick made 16 saves.

Trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes, the Senators jumped ahead with four consecutive goals in the second.

The Kings scored late in the second period, then pulled within one in the third, but Zibanejad scored on a rebound with just over seven minutes left to restore a two-goal margin.

"Four out of the five (Ottawa) goals, if not all of them, came from our mistakes, and you just can't do that," Kings center Anze Kopitar said. "You can't trade chances like that, not against a team like that where they have so many forwards with a lot of skill. It hurt us tonight."

The Kings (19-9-2) entered the night as one of the NHL's hottest teams with a 7-0-2 record in their last nine games.

The Senators (16-10-5) stopped their losing streak at two games.

Ottawa coach Dave Cameron, who implored his players to show some pride against the Kings, liked what he saw from his team.

"You're excited that it's a bounce-back game, and you're excited they come back and responded against a real good team," Cameron said. "It stokes a fire a little bit when you see how bad they were the other night, but you put that away."

Hoffman, who has 13 goals in his past 14 games, had a shot at the hat trick with Quick on the bench for an extra attacker late in the third. However, just as he was about to shoot at the open net, Kings defensemen Drew Doughty stopped him with a slash.

"I probably would have slashed the guy too instead of taking a minus ... take two minutes in the box," said Hoffman, who was reunited on a line with Zibanejad. "I felt good tonight. Just trying find the open ice in the offensive zone."

Doughty came into the game intent on proving he is just as good as Karlsson, the reigning Norris Trophy winner. While Karlsson was plus-1 with a goal and an assist, Doughty finished minus-3.

"He's a great player," Karlsson said. "He's been for a number of years now. It's fun to see the things he does out there, and I think he was a little bit better than I was tonight. He had a little bit more moves than I did."

While the Senators play in Washington on Wednesday, the Kings continue a six-game road trip Thursday against the Canadiens. Before that game, they will spend a couple of days at a ski resort outside of Montreal.

"Probably the craziness of Montreal is not the best thing for two or three straight days," Kopitar said. "To get away from that just a little bit, I think it is going to freshen up our minds."

Kings coach Darryl Sutter believes the break will be good for his team.

"We looked like a tired team tonight," he said. "It caught up with us a little bit. That's the highest-scoring team we've played this year. We made some fatigue mistakes, and they buried them."

NOTES: Kings C Jordan Weal was scratched as coach Darry Sutter decided to give D Derek Forbort his roster spot and go with seven defensemen. It is rare that one team employs a lineup that has seven defensemen and 11 forwards, but on this night, both teams did. Senators D Mark Borowiecki played his fourth consecutive game as the fourth-line left winger, as LW Shane Prince was scratched for the fourth game in a row. ... Ottawa G Craig Anderson made his 15th consecutive start. ... Senators G Andrew Hammond, who has been out since Nov. 12 with a concussion, dressed as the backup. ... Kings D Nick Ebert and D Jeff Schultz were also scratched. ... Los Angeles C Trevor Lewis could join the team on its current road trip, Sutter said. Lewis missed his sixth game with an upper-body injury.
Top Game Performances
 
Los Angeles   Ottawa
Milan Lucic 2 Points Mike Hoffman 3
Jamie McBain 1 Goals Mike Hoffman 2
Milan Lucic 2 Assists Mika Zibanejad 2
Tyler Toffoli 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jonathan Quick .762 Save Percentage Craig Anderson .917
Jonathan Quick 16 Saves Craig Anderson 33
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Los Angeles 36 3 1-3 4-4 8 36
Ottawa 21 5 0-4 2-3 6 30
Upcoming Games
  • Ottawa will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Senators have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .533 after a loss.
  • Los Angeles will play their next game on the road against Montreal. The Kings have a W/L % of .650 after a win and .600 after a loss.