OTTAWA: Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin scored his 300th career goal and added an assist to help the Canucks defeat Ottawa 5-2 on Thursday.
In the day’s other game, Edmonton downed Nashville 3-0.
Vancouver also got goals from David Booth, Jason Garrison, Dale Weise and Mike Santorelli.
Clarke MacArthur and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Senators, who are yet to win in five occasions this season of playing on back-to-back nights.
Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall scored 51 seconds apart in the second period to send the Oilers past Nashville.
Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov got a shutout in his first start for Edmonton, making 33 saves, while Jordan Eberle added an empty-netter in the final minute.
Predators captain Shea Weber was hit by a puck near his mouth in the second period and did not return.
Oilers 3, Predators 0: Turning away 33 shots for his 31st career shutout, Ilya Bryzgalov led the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
Center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and left winger Taylor Hall scored for Edmonton (8-16-2) in the second period while the teams were playing 4-on-4 after Predators center Paul Gaustad and Oilers left winger David Perron were sent off for unsportsmanlike conduct.
It was just the second loss in seven games for the Predators (13-11-2), who were blanked for an NHL-high sixth time.
Predators goalie Marek Mazanec stopped 25 shots, but he was beaten twice within 51 seconds in the middle period.
Nugent-Hopkins tapped in a pass by defenseman Jeff Petry at 5:32 for his sixth goal of the season.
Hall followed at 6:23 with his seventh goal, taking a feed from center Sam Gagner and slipping a backhand past Mazanec.
Oilers right winger Jordan Eberle tacked on an empty-net tally, his ninth goal of the season, with 57 remaining in the game.
Sedin scores 300th, Canucks beat Senators 5-2



