OTTAWA, Ontario (Interstat) — The New Jersey Devils halted a four-game skid by outlasting the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night at Canadian Tire Centre. Cody Glass broke a 3-3 tie with a third-period goal and added an assist for the Devils, who squandered an early two-goal lead. Connor Brown contributed three assists and Simon Nemec scored in the first period. Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves for New Jersey. Drake Batherson scored twice for Ottawa, including a second-period goal that tied the game. Tim Stützle also scored for the Senators, who have lost two straight. The Devils improved to 17-13. The Senators fell to 13-16.

OTTAWA, Ontario (Interstat) — Cody Glass broke a third-period tie with his fifth goal of the season and the New Jersey Devils halted a four-game losing skid with a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night at Canadian Tire Centre. Glass, the game’s top star, finished with a goal and an assist, while linemate Connor Brown added three assists as the Devils improved to 17-13. Ottawa fell to 13-16. The game was a back-and-forth affair from the opening faceoff. Ottawa struck first on a power play at 12:59 of the first period when Tim Stützle collected a Brady Tkachuk pass and snapped a wrist shot past New Jersey goaltender Jacob Markstrom for his 12th of the season. New Jersey responded quickly. Just over five minutes later, rookie Arseny Gritsyuk tied it at 1-1, finishing a setup from Brown and Glass at 17:59. The Devils then took their first lead just 30 seconds before the intermission. With New Jersey applying sustained pressure, defenseman Simon Nemec hammered a slap shot from the point through traffic for his seventh goal, assisted by Brown and Gritsyuk, making it 2-1 Devils after 20 minutes. The Senators drew even early in the second period. During a scramble in front of Markstrom, Drake Batherson found a loose puck and buried it for his 11th goal at 1:36, with assists to Tkachuk and Jake Sanderson. New Jersey regained the lead midway through the period. Paul Cotter intercepted a pass in the neutral zone, drove into the Ottawa end, and beat Senators goalie Linus Ullmark with a backhand shot at 8:21 for an unassisted goal, his third of the year, putting the Devils up 3-2. Ottawa’s power play connected again to knot the score before the second intermission. With Nico Hischier in the box for slashing, the Senators worked the puck around the perimeter. Dylan Cozens fed Stützle, who quickly dished to Batherson for a one-timer from the left circle, his second of the night and 12th of the season, tying the game 3-3 at 20:35. The decisive goal came late in the third period. After Ottawa’s Tyler Kleven turned the puck over in his own zone, the Devils capitalized. Gritsyuk controlled it along the boards and found Brown, who immediately sent a pass to Glass in the high slot. Glass fired a quick wrist shot that beat Ullmark cleanly at 16:24, restoring New Jersey’s lead at 4-3. The Senators pressed furiously for another equalizer with Ullmark pulled for an extra attacker over the final 90 seconds. Ottawa generated a flurry of chances, but Markstrom stood tall, making several key stops, including a point-blank denial on Claude Giroux in the final seconds to preserve the win. Markstrom earned the victory with 34 saves on 37 shots. Ullmark stopped 32 of 36 for Ottawa. Batherson’s two-goal night led the Senators’ offense, while Tkachuk and Cozens each contributed two assists. Nemec added a goal and five shots for New Jersey, and Luke Hughes fired four shots on goal. The Devils’ penalty kill, which had been a concern during their recent slide, went 4 for 6, while their power play was 0 for 3. Ottawa was cited for three minor penalties, New Jersey for four. The result defied pregame projections. National Statistical’s game simulator had predicted a 3-2 Ottawa victory, and its ELO system gave the Senators a 54.9% probability to win. Ottawa had been installed as a 1.5-goal favorite, and the total score of seven goals went over the closing over/under line of 5.5. The win provides a crucial boost for New Jersey, which had been outscored 11-1 during its four-game losing streak. The Devils will look to build on the victory when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. Ottawa, which has lost three of its last four, begins a three-game road trip on Thursday in Columbus against the Blue Jackets.

OTTAWA, Ontario (Interstat) — Two teams looking to halt recent slides will meet when the New Jersey Devils visit the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday night. The Devils (16-13-0) arrive having lost five straight games, including a 4-1 defeat in Boston on Saturday. Their offense has dried up during the skid, scoring just four total goals over their last four contests and being shut out twice. Defenseman Luke Hughes, a key offensive catalyst from the blue line, will be a player to watch as New Jersey seeks to jumpstart its attack. Hughes has one assist and 16 shots on goal over the five-game losing streak. Ottawa (13-15-0) has also struggled for consistency, dropping three of its last four, including a 2-1 home loss to St. Louis on Saturday. The Senators will likely lean on goaltender Linus Ullmark, who has been a bright spot. In his last five appearances, Ullmark has posted a .921 save percentage, giving his team a chance to win even as the offense has sporadically stalled. The matchup pits New Jersey’s slumping scorers against an Ottawa team that has had difficulty generating consistent goal support. The Devils won the only prior meeting this season, a 4-3 overtime decision in New Jersey on Nov. 26. Hughes had an assist in that game, while Ullmark made 31 saves in the tie. For the Devils, ending the road trip with a win is crucial before returning home for a three-game stand. Ottawa, meanwhile, aims to start a pivotal four-game homestand on a positive note before embarking on a lengthy road swing later in the month. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. EST puck drop at Canadian Tire Centre.