OTTAWA -- Shane Pinto scored twice, and the Ottawa Senators expanded their lead for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Canadian Tire Centre on Friday. “A great atmosphere, kind of like a playoff-like atmosphere,” Pinto said. “It was fun. A good win.”

Shane Pinto scored twice for the Ottawa Senators, who kept the Montreal Canadiens from clinching a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory on Friday that also snapped a six-game winning streak for the visitors.

The Ottawa Senators were in full prevention mode on Friday night. They prevented the Montreal Canadiens from extending their six-game winning streak, from clinching a playoff spot, and from sweeping their season series four straight.