Senators 5, Sharks 3

San Jose 0 2 1 — 3 Ottawa 1 0 4 — 5

First Period: 1, Ottawa, Pinto 12 (Greig), 11:05 (sh). Penalties: Highmore, OTT (Holding), 9:49. Dellandrea, SJ (Slashing), 16:29. Walman, SJ (Roughing), 18:01. Tkachuk, OTT (Roughing), 18:01.

Second Period: 2, San Jose, Toffoli 22 (Celebrini, Smith), 5:17 (pp). 3, San Jose, Liljegren 5 (Kostin, Wennberg), 9:47 (pp). Penalties: Tkachuk, OTT (Roughing), 4:45. Dellandrea, SJ (Tripping), 5:53. Chabot, OTT (Holding), 8:35. Ferraro, SJ (Roughing), 19:50.

Third Period: 4, Ottawa, Tkachuk 22 (Stutzle, Sanderson), 1:26 (pp). 5, Ottawa, Stutzle 19 (Greig), 3:00. 6, Ottawa, Perron 2 (Batherson, Chabot), 8:31. 7, San Jose, Smith 10 (Eklund, Celebrini), 18:33 (pp). 8, Ottawa, Amadio 6, 19:00 (en). Penalties: Graf, SJ (Delay of Game), 0:26. Greig, OTT (Tripping), 17:45.

Shots on goal: San Jose 12-10-15: 37. Ottawa 8-16-8: 32.

Power-play opportunities: San Jose 3 of 4. Ottawa 1 of 4.

Goalies: San Jose, Vanecek 3-10-3 (31 shots-27 saves). Ottawa, Ullmark 13-11-2 (37-34).

A: 18,602 (18,572). T: 2:32.

Referees: Peter MacDougall, Brian Pochmara; Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps, CJ Murray.