OTTAWA — Jake Sanderson had no time to think about his mistake. Just the time left to make things right again.

The 23-year-old had a rare gaffe Thursday night and while many players might have been distracted by it, Sanderson had the poise and mental maturity to understand that moving on from it was the best thing.

Not only did Sanderson move on from it, he went on to make up for it by scoring the tying goal with 2:49 left in regulation as his Ottawa Senators went on to defeat the Calgary Flames 4-3 in a shootout.

“It was a bad play by me,” admitted Sanderson about his giveaway that led to the Calgary Flames taking a 3-2 lead.

“Obviously, pretty frustrated right away, but looking at the clock, there was lots of time left and I can’t get too down on myself, or I take myself out of the g

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