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Ottawa Senators defenceman Patrick Wiercioch (46) and New York Rangers centre Derick Brassard (16) chase the puck in the third period at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. The Rangers defeated the Senators 2-1 in a shootout.Marc DesRosiers

The Ottawa Senators are getting a little sick of seeing games go to a shootout, but Saturday afternoon's 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers was almost painful.

The Senators held their own against the Rangers and would have preferred to see this one decided in regulation. Eight of Ottawa's 17 games have needed overtime or a shootout. The Senators are now 3-3 in shootouts and 1-1 in the three-on-three overtime.

"We hung with them for 65 minutes and when it comes down to the skills competition it's tough to let a point get away," said Senators forward Bobby Ryan.

Rangers defenceman Dan Boyle, an Ottawa native, scored the shootout winner.

"We've used Dan a couple of times before and he's always had some pretty good moves," said Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault. "Shootouts. Who knows, eh? You throw guys over the boards and it worked out for us tonight."

Chris Kreider scored the lone goal in regulation for the Rangers (13-2-2), who have won eight games in a row and have a point in 12 straight (10-0-2).

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 22 shots for his tenth win of the season.

Erik Karlsson scored the lone goal for the Senators (8-5-4) as Craig Anderson made 33 saves. The Senators are now 3-3-3 on home ice.

The 19,310 sellout crowd at Canadian Tire Centre were kept on the edge of their seats in overtime as there wasn't a single whistle during the five-minute period that saw Mike Hoffman hit the post twice and the Rangers' Rick Nash hit the post as well.

"It's one of those things both teams weren't afraid of losing and both teams wanted to win," said Senators captain Erik Karlsson. "There were quality scoring chances and two good goaltenders and a couple of posts and we go to a shootout."

Anderson and Lundqvist were the story of the game as both goalies made a number of big saves throughout to keep it close and the third was no different as the game remain tied 1-1 forcing overtime.

"I thought it was a real good game, fast game," said Senators head coach Dave Cameron. "We had a pretty good idea how they were going to play and it was our challenge to match and I felt we did a pretty good job."

Cameron went on to add that he would have preferred to see it end in overtime than the shootout, but at least they salvaged a point.

A scoreless second saw the Rangers outshoot the Senators 10-7.

The Rangers nearly took the lead in the dying seconds of the period, but Anderson stopped Mats Zuccarello to keep it a 1-1 tie.

Kreider took exception to Zack Smith's hit on Derek Stepan late in the second. Stepan was forced to go to the quiet room as he was hit in the head, but did return and said he was fine following the game. Stepan is hoping the league will review the hit.

"I'm just happy I'm healthy," said Stepan. "I never saw him coming."

An entertaining first period saw the two teams exchange power-play goals.

Kreider opened the scoring at 2:31 as he tipped Kevin Hayes' shot past Anderson.

Ottawa tied the game four minutes later with a power play goal of its own as Karlsson finished off a nice passing series to beat Lundqvist.

Karlsson now has three goals in his last three games after going the first 14 without a goal.

Notes: The Senators held a moment of silence and played France's national anthem prior to the start of the game to honour those killed in Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris. D Jared Cowen missed the game due to a bruised foot and LW Shane Prince was a healthy scratch for Ottawa. D Dylan McIlrath and RW Emerson Etem were a healthy scratch for the Rangers.

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