OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators believe the goals will come. The question is when?

The Minnesota Wild defeated Ottawa 2-1 in overtime Sunday as the offence sputtered yet again. The Senators have scored 11 goals in its last eight games and are 1 for 24 with the man advantage.

Senators coach Guy Boucher continues to preach patience, but admits there is some concern.

"Every day we're concerned about getting better at everything," said Boucher. "Obviously that's one of the areas. We had all kinds of scoring chances, but we just can't find the back of the net. It's a matter of creating the same chances and then having some go in and you're able to relax and not grip the stick so tight."

Matt Dumba scored the overtime winner, while Ryan Suter had a short-handed goal for the Wild (8-6-1). Darcy Kuemper made 35 saves in his third start of the season.

Once again Craig Anderson, who stopped 40 shots, had to come up big for Ottawa (9-5-1) as Kyle Turris had the lone goal.

Goaltending is the only reason the Senators have managed to stay in games lately, but Anderson has no complaints about his teammates.

"I love the way we're playing, we're giving ourselves a chance to win by being there at the end," said Anderson. "The positive out of not scoring right now is that even though guys might be showing some frustration they're still doing their jobs on the defensive side of the puck which is allowing us to get points and give ourselves an opportunity to be in each game."

The Wild were playing their third game in four nights as it concluded a four-game road trip, but was clearly the better team as the Senators looked disorganized for much of the night.

"It's not the end of the world to play back-to-backs and I thought we held on and did a good job," said Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau.

Trailing 1-0 to start the third, Turris finally got Ottawa on the board at 5:06 of the period as he beat Kuemper far stick-side with a wrist shot giving some life to the 14,265 on hand at Canadian Tire Centre. Turris leads the team with seven goals.

Boucher's decision to dress seven Senators defencemen paid off as Marc Methot left the game after the first period with a lower body injury and did not return.

After the game Boucher admitted he made the decision to dress seven "D" as they were aware that Methot was dealing with an issue and they wanted to be prepared.

Anderson was left to clean up after his team in the second period as he made huge saves on Nino Niederreiter and Erik Staal to keep the game 1-0.

Despite having played the night before, the Wild were clearly the better team in the opening period, creating a number of scoring chances.

With three power-play opportunities in the first the Senators had every opportunity to take the lead, but just couldn't find a way to capitalize. Ottawa was 0 for 4 on the night with the man advantage.

"Obviously we're not a team that wants to get behind 3-0 so getting those three kills and getting out of the first period with a lead was really important for us I'd say," said Boudreau.

The Wild made the Senators' power play look even worse when they scored shorthanded. Staal got off a shot and Suter was there for the rebound.

Notes: LW Matt Puempel was a late healthy scratch for the Ottawa Senators. Minnesota LW Zach Parise (lower body) missed his sixth straight game. C Joel Eriksson and D Nate Prosser were a healthy scratch.