Nothing has been easy for the Ottawa Senators this season.

This night was no different and their blue line took another hit in the process.

The Senators surrendered a two-goal third-period lead, but Tim Stutzle played the role of hero by scoring the winner in the Senators’ 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Stutzle fired home his ninth of the season at 14:17 of the third by taking a pass and beating Joonas Korpisalo to bring the crowd of 16,059 at home. Just for good measure, he put it away into an empty net.

For the second straight night, the Senators finished the game with only five defencemen. Nick Jensen suffered an upper-body ailment and didn’t return for the third period.

To make matters worse, defenceman Jake Sanderson left briefly

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