Bruins' Thomas shuts out Senators

OTTAWA -- Tim Thomas stopped 29 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and Patrice Bergeron and Marco Sturm scored in the third period, sending the Boston Bruins to a 2-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night.

Thomas, who won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie last season, improved his record this season to 8-8-5 with his 16th career shutout.

Bergeron put a rebound of Shawn Thornton's shot past Brian Elliott 3:19 into the third to break a scoreless tie. Sturm drove in alone and shot past Elliott at 13:07 to make it a two-goal lead.

Boston snapped an 0-2-2 skid and moved past Ottawa into second place in the Northeast Division with 41 points, one ahead of the Senators.