Final: Senators 3, Bruins 2 (F/OT) - Brady Tkachuk scores overtime winning goal as Linus Ullmark picks up victory over his former team

After winning Thursday's game against the Calgary Flames in overtime, the Bruins fall to the Ottawa Senators 3-2 with Brady Tkachuk scoring the winning goal in overtime.

Facing off against former Bruin Linus Ullmark, Boston got outplayed through the majority of the game. The Bruins started out sluggish. They weren't able to make tape-to-tape passes, and once they landed on the power play, Boston barely generated any scoring chances. Late into the first period, Elias Lindholm went to the box for an interference call. Unlike Boston, Ottawa took advantage of their power play opportunity as Josh Norris scored the first goal of the game on a one-timer on the right side of the slot.

The Bruins turned things around the next period, scoring their only two goals of the game within seconds of each other. Five minutes into the second, Pavel Zacha caught a pass in front of the net from David Pastrnak. With his back facing Ullmark, Zacha spun around and fired a backhand goal that surprised Ullmark and gave the Bruins their first goal of the game. 

Seconds later, the Bruins made it back into their offensive zone. After a backhand shot from Hampus LIndholm, Justin Brazeau found the loose puck in front of the net and passed it to Brad Marchand who buried the puck into the back of the net giving Boston their first lead of the night. 

Ottawa ended up trying things in the same period as Michael Amadio fired a wrist shot past Jeremy Swayman late in the second period.

It was a frustrating third period for Boston that saw them fail to generate any offense. The Bruins didn't record their first shot of the period until the six-minute mark. Meanwhile Ottawa constantly pressured Swayman in their opposite zone ending the period 12 shots on net. 

In overtime, the Bruins had their chance to pick up the extra point. However, after a nice leg save from Ullmark, the Senators pushed the puck to the opposite side of the rink, and Tkachuk fired the game-winning goal to give Ottawa the victory.

The lack of offensive production from Boston was put on full blast in this game. Their third period performance was inexcusable, and they're fortunate to even pick up a point in the game. 14 minutes of no shots on goal doesn't translate to victories.

On Tuesday, the Bruins will play in St. Louis to take on the Blues. Puck drop is 8 p.m.

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WHO: Bruins (7-7-1) vs Senators (6-7-0)
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden, Boston
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE

ROSTERS

PROJECTED LINES

Boston

Johnson - Zacha - Pastrnak

Marchand - E. Lindholm - Brazeau

Koepke - Coyle - Poitras

Beecher - Kastelic - Frederic

Zadorov - McAvoy

H. Lindholm - Carlo

Lohrei - Wotherspoon

Swayman

Korpisalo

Senators

Brady Tkachuk - Stutzle - Greig

Giroux - Norris - Batherson

Gregor - Ostapchuk - Amadio

Cousins - Gaudette - Macewen

Sanderson - Zub

Chabot - Jensen

Kleven - Hamonic

Ullmark

Forsberg

PREGAME NOTES

The Bruins host the Senators tonight in the first of four games between these teams this season and the first of two Ottawa visits to TD Garden.

Linus Ullmark makes his return to Boston for the first time since being trade to the Ottawa Senators. "We’re brothers for life," Jeremy Swayman said when talking about his former goalie tandem partner.

Mark Kastelic will also face his former team for the first time.

According to Jim Montgomery, Andrew Peeke is considered "day to day."