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      Recap: Dallas Stars @ Ottawa Senators 2.22.24

      OTTAWA -- Josh Norris scored twice for the Ottawa Senators in a 4-1 win against the Dallas Stars at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.

      “I think when we play the system to a T like that, that’s kind of what happens,” Norris said. “And obviously, it’s not going to be perfect every game, but that’s just a game we can look back on and kind of use it as a baseline to know that we can play that way and make it frustrating on other teams. I think we gave up 15 shots tonight, so it’s hard for the other team to score when you do that.”

      Norris had scored one goal in his previous 20 games.

      “It just feels good to contribute,” Norris said. “Just been a little bit frustrating this year and just want to do my part and just taking it one day at a time right now. So, definitely a step in the right direction.”

      Shane Pinto and Thomas Chabot also scored, Drake Batherson had two assists, and Anton Forsberg made 14 saves for the Senators (24-27-3), who are 2-0-1 in their past three games. Claude Giroux had an assist to extend his point streak to seven games (three goals, six assists).

      “I thought we played an excellent game tonight,” Ottawa coach Jacques Martin said. “I thought that was probably the game that we did the best job at checking. Our play away from the puck, I thought, was good. I thought our [defensemen] were good at getting back pucks and our forwards were being available. I thought we did a good job in the offensive zone controlling the puck. This is a good team, and I thought we did a real good job.”

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          DAL@OTT: Norris tips it in to kick off scoring

          Joe Pavelski scored for the Stars (34-16-8), who are 0-2-2 in their past four games. Jake Oettinger allowed three goals on 11 shots before being replaced in the second period by Scott Wedgewood, who made 18 saves.

          “You can’t get 15 shots and win a game,” Dallas forward Matt Duchene said. “That’s very, very rare. You have to have a goaltender absolutely steal it for you, and we kind of hung ours out to dry at times by just not executing.”

          Norris gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 4:10 of the first period. He got inside position on Derrick Pouliot and redirected Batherson's shot from the left point.

          “We weren’t competitive enough,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. “And this is a league where you have to earn your wins, and we’ve been pretty good about that all year, but we weren’t in the game tonight right from the drop of the puck.

          “There’s good losses and there are bad losses, and this is about as bad a loss that you can have. We’ve got to respond.”

          Pavelski tied it 1-1 at 19:50, finishing a rebound at the edge of the crease after he was cross-checked in the back by Jacob Bernard-Docker.

          “This room had all the feel that we were going to play a really good game,” Pavelski said. “Coming in, you could tell the guys were there, and then we got out there and we got worse as the game went on.

          “Tough one. They won a lot of battles. They were faster than us all night.”

          Norris put Ottawa back in front 2-1 at 5:37 of the second period. He skated by Miro Heiskanen and into a lofted pass from Batherson before sneaking a shot five-hole on Oettinger.

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              DAL@OTT: Norris grabs the lead with wrister

              Chabot pushed it to 3-1 at 8:56 with a wrist shot from the top of the left face-off circle.

              “I think the biggest thing for us was, going into the third with the lead, was to keep playing the same way and not give them anything,” Chabot said. “I think we did a great job with that. Obviously, a great night through and through in the lineup. Everybody played a great game, and it’s obviously a great result.”

              Pinto made it 4-1 at 19:43, one-timing a pass from Giroux five-hole on Wedgewood for a power-play goal.

              “All four lines were going and we got good goaltending,” Pinto said. “We played the right way, 200 feet, and the result showed. It was a good game for us.

              “I think we do need to do a better job of being more consistent in all games no matter who we play. When we do play these top teams, it seems like we find a way to play our best, but that’s just got to be consistent from here on out.”

              NOTES: Senators forward Tim Stützle had an assist to extend his point streak to four games (three goals, three assists). ... Pavelski scored his 20th goal of the season, the 14th time in his career he has reached the mark. Among United States-born players, only Mike Modano (16), Patrick Kane (15) and Keith Tkachuk (15) have done it more in NHL history.