"You can't make this stuff up.

In his 1,000th career game, Ottawa Senators defenceman Chris Phillips discovered an offensive touch, scoring twice, helping end the team's seven-game losing streak in a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators.

It was a bizarre development for the defensive defenceman. Phillips came into the game without a goal in his previous 74 games, dating all the way back to last Feb. 26.

"It was fun and exciting to be in my 1,000th game and to then top it off with a couple of goals and what ended up being the game winner, you can't write that stuff," Phillips said. "Everything turned out great tonight. A hard-fought game against a top team. We played the way we have to play. Just a great game for our team to feed off.""