BOSTON — Matt Fraser scored his first two goals of the season 1:28 apart in the second period, and the Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Saturday night.

Carl Soderberg assisted on both of Fraser’s goals and Tuukka Rask made 28 saves for the Bruins, who have won three of four. Brad Marchand and Dennis Seidenberg also scored for Boston.

Mark Stone scored for Ottawa with 28 seconds left in the first period and Mika Zibanejad added a goal for the Senators in the third.

The Senators never recovered after Boston scored three straight times on Fraser’s goals in the second period and Seidenberg’s early in the third.

Robin Lehner finished with 25 saves for Ottawa.

Fraser, who didn’t have a point in his first four games this season, scored when a rebound came right to him with 8:46 left in the second. He beat Lehner on a high wrist shot 1:28 later to give the Bruins a 3-1 lead. It was more than enough offense for Boston, which held Ottawa to five shots in the first period.

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Marchand scored the game’s first goal with 1:06 left in the first period. Patrice Bergeron assisted, winning a faceoff and slipping the puck behind him to Marchand for a shot that got through Lehner’s pads and trickled over the goal line.

The Senators answered with a late goal of their own when Stone stole the puck from Seidenberg and beat Rask on a breakaway to tie it.

Seidenberg scored 2:08 into the third to give Boston a 4-1 lead.

LIGHTNING 4, CAPITALS 3: Jason Garrison scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and host Tampa Bay beat Washington.

Tampa Bay, which also got goals from Ryan Callahan, Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov, has won five of six. Tyler Johnson had two assists.

HURRICANES 3, COYOTES 0: Elias Lindholm scored two goals, and Carolina beat Arizona at home for the Hurricanes’ first win of the season.

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DEVILS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2: Defenseman Adam Larsson broke a tie with 9:25 left in the third period, and New Jersey won at home against slumping Columbus.

PENGUINS 5, SABRES 0: Marc-Andre Fleury had to make 18 saves for his second consecutive shutout and Chris Kunitz scored twice and host Pittsburgh blanked Buffalo.

PANTHERS 2, FLYERS 1: Roberto Luongo made 36 saves, rookie Aaron Ekblad scored his first NHL goal and Florida won at home against Philadelphia, the Panthers’ third win in four games.

JETS 1, RANGERS 0: Evander Kane and Blake Wheeler scored in the shootout to lift the Winnipeg to victory at New York.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2: Peter Holland scored at 2:21 of the third period and James Reimer made 45 saves and Toronto won at home.

WILD 4, STARS 1: Thomas Vanek scored on a power play, a pair of firsts this season for Minnesota, and the Wild stayed unbeaten at home in St. Paul.


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