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After stumbling out of the gate to start, the Senators arrived at the pivotal quarter-mark of the National Hockey League season with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night at the Honda Centre, giving the club its best start in nine years: a 10-6-4 record for 24 points. Article content Article content

There have been bumps along the way, but the Senators have only two regulation losses in their past 14 games, amassing an 8-2-4 record in that stretch.

Drake Batherson’s goal with 1:58 left in the third period secured a victory over the Ducks on Thursday, which was a good way to start a seven-game, 14-day road trip. That was Batherson’s second game-winner this season and the 19th of his career.

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