Ottawa wins its eighth game in a row

Brian Elliott made 30 saves to win his sixth consecutive start and the Ottawa Senators tied a club record with their eighth straight win, 4-1 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

Mike Fisher, Chris Kelly, Jason Spezza and Nick Foligno scored for the Senators, who matched the Washington Capitals for the NHL’s longest active win streak.

Elliott has been in net for the last six of those victories. He has given up only six goals during that span.

Evgeni Malkin scored 1:34 into the game for the Penguins, who had won three of four but had their lead over the Senators for fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings trimmed to three points.

-- associated press