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| Heatley's third-period heroics lifts Sens past Habs |
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04/06/2009 |
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| Montreal, QC () - Dany Heatley scored twice in a span of 38 seconds in the third period to help the Ottawa Senators edge the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, at the Bell Centre. Chris Campoli scored the other goal while Alex Auld made 20 saves for the Senators, who have won their last two games over playoff-hopeful teams. "It was 2-1 going into the third, we were in the game and had a chance of winning and it proved true," said Heatley. "I missed a one-timer in the first, but the other two hit the mark. |
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| Streaking Habs host Senators |
NHL Hockey |
04/06/2009 |
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| () - The suddenly-hot Montreal Canadiens will shoot for a fourth straight victory as they continue their push for the playoffs by hosting the rival Ottawa Senators tonight at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens, who began the month of March with losses in seven of nine games, have since won five out of six and have posted decisive victories in each of their last three trips to the ice. The Habs have also recorded at least a point in six straight contests, going 5-0-1 over that stretch. With 92 points |
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| Sens top Flyers in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
04/04/2009 |
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| Ottawa, ON () - Mike Fisher scored in the fifth round of the shootout as the Ottawa Senators slipped by the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3, at Scotiabank Place. After Claude Giroux went backhand to forehand and smacked it off the right side of the net, Fisher skated in on net and buried a wrister past Antero Niittymaki for the win. Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist while Chris Kelly and Nick Foligno also lit the lamp for the Senators, who had dropped four of five coming into the game. Alex Auld st |
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| Flyers, Senators clash in Ottawa |
NHL Hockey |
04/04/2009 |
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| () - The Philadelphia Flyers will continue their fight for playoff positioning tonight when they visit the Ottawa Senators for a battle at Scotiabank Place. The Flyers, who have won twice in their last five games, are currently the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 94 points, but they are just one point in front of Carolina and two ahead of sixth-seeded Pittsburgh. The Hurricanes and Penguins are playing each other tonight. Philadelphia is also still alive in the race for the Atlantic D |
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| Flyers hope to get on track versus Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
04/03/2009 |
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| of their last three trips to Philadelphia, but have still won six of eight road games against the Flyers. The Flyers are 22-12-4 as the host this season, but the club has lost two straight and three of their last four games in the City of Brotherly Love. Next up for Philadelphia is Saturday's road test against the Ottawa Senators. Toronto has lost three of its last four road games and is just 17-18-4 as the guest this season. The Leafs will return home for Saturday's game against the rival Montreal Canadiens. |
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| Thomas strong as Bruins top Sens, reach 50 wins |
NHL Hockey |
04/03/2009 |
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| Boston, MA () - Tim Thomas made 31 saves to help the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators at TD Banknorth Garden. Milan Lucic and Marc Savard each had a goal for the Bruins, who have won five straight games. Boston holds the top spot in the Eastern Conference with 110 points and trails San Jose by three points for the top spot overall in the NHL. Also, it was the 50th victory on the season for Boston, the eighth time the team has done that in franchise history and the first since |
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| Bruins shoot for fifth straight win in meeting with Sens |
NHL Hockey |
04/02/2009 |
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| () - The Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins will shoot for a fifth straight victory when they welcome the Ottawa Senators for a Northeast Division battle at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins have already clinched the division title and are close to securing the top seed in the conference as well. Boston has 108 points on the season and is seven ahead of Washington for the East's top spot and home-ice advantage throughout the conference playoffs. The Bruins have six games left in the regular |
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| Sabres try to keep playoff chances alive in test with Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
04/01/2009 |
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| e Thrashers, who have been eliminated from postseason contention, are coming off an excellent March. Atlanta was 9-4-0 during the month and ended March on a two-game winning streak. Atlanta is coming off Saturday's decisive victory over the visiting Ottawa Senators. Slava Kozlov and Tobias Enstrom both registered a goal and two assists to lead the Thrashers to the 6-3 triumph at Philips Arena. Ilya Kovalchuk scored a goal and picked up a helper for the Thrashers, who have won nine of their last 12 outings. Eri |
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| Panthers continue playoff push against visiting Sens |
NHL Hockey |
03/31/2009 |
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| () - If the Panthers are to make the playoffs for the first time since the 1999-2000 season, they might have their backup netminder to thank. Craig Anderson is expected to make his third straight start tonight versus the Ottawa Senators at BankAtlantic Center. Anderson made his first appearance since March 1 on Thursday versus Philadelphia and made 40 saves in the victory. It was a gutsy move by head coach Peter DeBoer, who will go with his backup netminder again tonight over Tomas Vokoun with h |
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| Struggling Senators visit Lightning |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2009 |
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| () - Having had a huge blow dealt to their playoff hopes last night, the Ottawa Senators continue their road trip this evening against the Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Pete Times Forum. The Senators have been a participant in the playoffs in each of the last 11 seasons and were a Stanley Cup finalist two years ago. A slow start this year seemed to have doomed Ottawa's season, but the club compiled a 15-5-2 mark from February 7-March 22 to keep its playoff chances alive. That recent run included a |
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