The Vancouver Canucks collected the extra point with a 3-2 shootout victory Wednesday at Canadian Tire Centre.
"I thought we battled hard to get it back to 2-2," Sens head coach D.J. Smith said. "That game could go either way. It's unfortunate we don't win."
Ryan Dzingel and Josh Norris had goals for the Senators (10-20-3) as Joey Daccord made 19 saves before departing in the third period with an injury. Filip Gustavsson, in his NHL debut, stopped eight shots.
Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat scored for the Canucks (15-16-2) as Thatcher Demko turned away 30 shots.
"It was kind of perfect," Gustavsson said of his debut. "You don't have time to think about it. You just jump straight into the game."
"Of course I was nervous but after the first shot you're straight into the game and you do what you've done for the past 15 years."
After an overtime period that the Sens controlled puck possession wise, without creating too many clear-cut opportunities, they couldn't beat Demko in the shootout as Tim Stützle, Norris, Drake Batherson and Ryan Dzingel were all denied.
Gustavsson stopped Boeser, J.T. Miller and Horvat in the shootout before Adam Gaudette ended the game in the fourth round.
"He came in and gave us a chance," Smith said. "That's all you can ask from a goalie is to give you a chance to win and I thought Joey did that, Gus came in cold and not playing and to make the saves he made in the shootout, he was good."
Vancouver took a 1-0 lead just 2:29 in as on a 2-on-1, Bo Horvat found Boeser who beat Daccord low for his 15th of the year.
Horvat became the goalscorer at 8:26 as he deposited his 13th on yet another odd-man rush for the Canucks as Nils Hoglander turned provider.
"They were hungry and we came out turning the puck over and it ended up in our net," Smith said.
The Sens came out in the second and got on the board three minutes in through Dzingel as he buried a rebound after Clark Bishop's initial shot had been saved.
Daccord left the game with 14:53 left in the third period after suffering an injury sliding across his crease. Gustavsson came in and just 27 seconds later Norris tied the game as he scored his seventh with a quick release from the left slot.
Gustavsson stopped Horvat on a breakaway late in the third to send the game to overtime and wound up being the goalie of record in the game.
"I was nervous the rest of the game and was shaking my legs but I tried to keep playing like I had been in the AHL and when I was back home in Sweden," Gustavsson said. "It felt great. We got the one point and I'm happy with that."
The Sens don't play again until Monday when they host the Calgary Flames.
