"Chris Phillips couldn't have dreamed up a much better ending for his 1,000th game.

Two goals. And, most importantly, the Senators brought a seven-game losing streak to a screeching halt, beating Mike Fisher and the Nashville Predators 4-3.

It was Ottawa's first win at home since Jan. 8.

Not only did Phillips end a 74-game goal-scoring drought, he did it in dramatic fashion by scoring the winner with a rare power-play goal in the third period for only the fourth two-goal game of his NHL career.

"It's unbelievable. The whole hype around it was exciting," said Phillips. "To be in my 1,000th game and then to top it off with a couple of goals and it ends up being the game-winner. You can't write that stuff."