Philip Tomasino opens Senators stint with four-game point streak

Philip Tomasino has recorded a point in each of his first four games with the Ottawa Senators. The 25-year-old forward extended his streak Saturday with a power-play assist in Ottawa’s 4-2 win over the Utah Mammoth.

Tomasino has one goal and three assists since his recall from Belleville. Ottawa won three of those four games. The Senators said he was the seventh player in franchise history to open his time with the team with a point streak of at least four games.

Tomasino got his first three points at even strength while playing with Drake Batherson and Shane Pinto. He took rushes on the fourth line at Monday’s practice. Head coach Travis Green said Tomasino has shown he can play the way Ottawa wants and needs to keep improving away from the scoresheet.

Tomasino told the Ottawa Citizen last week that he was trying to keep his game simple alongside Batherson and Pinto. He told the Senators after Monday’s practice that he was grateful for the chance to keep playing in Ottawa.