Tim Stutzle's pair of third-period goals included the eventual game-winner with 5:43 remaining, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 5-3 win over the visiting Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Stutzle finished with three points while Claude Giroux and Dylan Cozens each had a goal and an assist for the Senators, who withstood Boston's two-goal rally in the final frame to win their seventh game of the last 11 (7-1-3).

Shane Pinto also scored and Leevi Merilainen stopped 18 shots for Ottawa. Two of Merilainen's three wins this season have come against Boston.

David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie each had a goal and an assist, Mark Kastelic also lit the lamp, and Joonas Korpisalo made 17 saves for Boston, which had a seven-game win streak snapped.

Pastrnak tied Rick Middleton for fifth on Boston's

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