Leevi Merilainen, who was making his eighth straight start, made 19 saves.
“It’s a confidence thing for sure,” Merilainen said. “I try to keep my head level if I lose, if I win. But of course, it means a lot when — I don’t think I’ve ever lost four in a row, too many times at least, so it’s good to get the win.”
Elias Pettersson scored, and Kevin Lankinen made 38 saves for the Canucks (16-25-5), who were coming off a 6-3 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Monday and are 0-6-2 in their past eight games.
“We knew they were going to come out flying, and we were on a back-to-back, it took us a little bit,” Vancouver coach Adam Foote said. “The first one, we should have had the first goal. The second one was a little but unlucky, but the good thing was the resilience. [Lankinen] made a couple big saves to get us — when we finally got into the game, we were able to generate way more offense.”
Zub gave the Senators a 1–0 lead at 15:36 of the first period, scoring short side under Lankinen’s glove with a wrist shot from the right face-off dot.