Bruins Sink Sens, 5-3

The Boston Bruins survived a late Ottawa rally and beat the Senators, 5-3 Thursday night at the Garden.

Ottawa came from 4-1 down to cut the Boston lead to one, before Phil Kessel put in an empty netter to ice the triumph.

With the win, the Bruins remain six points up on the New Jersey Devils with 13 games to play.

An updated look at the standings.

1 Boston - 97 points (13 games remaining)

2 New Jersey - 91 points (15 games remaining)

3 Washington - 90 points (13 games remaining)

The Bruins goal scorers:

Phil Kessel (28, 29)

Chuck Kobasew (17)

P.J. Axelsson (6)

Aaron Ward (3)