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Senators 6, Rangers 3

The Ottawa Senators aren’t going down without a fight.

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No, they won’t make the playoffs, but the Senators served notice in a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon in front of 17,259 at the Canadian Tire Centre that they hadn’t thrown in the towel on this season.

The Senators received contributions from everybody, including six different goal scorers. Derick Brassard led the charge with a three-point effort, while Mark Stone, Matt Duchene, Cody Ceci, Thomas Chabot and Zack Smith had two points each. Magnus Paajarvi and Johnny Oduya also chipped in with goals.

Craig Anderson made 35 stops for his fifth consecutive win. Michael Grabner scored twice for the Rangers and former Senators centre Mika Zibanejad had his 17th of the season. New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist was chased after allowing five goals on 27 shots.

“You bring some different faces and you bring some different energy in the room,” Brassard said. “I feel like we’ve been playing pretty much this way for a while.

“We’re going to face some teams the rest of the season that are battling for their spot and their lives. We just have to be ready every game. We don’t want to take steps back. We want to keep pushing forward and trying to improve as a team, even if we’re not happy where we’re at right now.”