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Senators romp past 'Canes 5-1, end skid
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Published: January 14, 2009
OTTAWA - Dany Heatley, Dean McAmmond and Mike Fisher scored and the Ottawa Senators stopped a five-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes last night.
Heatley, who was replaced by Fisher on Ottawa's first power-play unit, scored his first goal in nine games early in the first before McAmmond ended a 21-game drought midway through the opening period to put the Senators up 2-0.
Antoine Vermette added Ottawa's third goal with 26 seconds remaining in the second and Fisher -- who played his 500th regular-season game -- scored on a power play midway through the third for his first goal in 20 games. Chris Phillips scored his fourth goal with 4:47 remaining.
Brian Elliott made 23 saves in his second straight start for the Senators, who lost 2-0 to the New York Rangers on Saturday in their first home game after a 1-6-1 trip.
Joe Corvo scored on a power play in the second for Carolina, which has lost three straight.
Cam Ward, pulled after allowing three goals in Saturday's 5-1 loss in Boston, stopped 35 shots in his ninth straight start for the Hurricanes.
Jarkko Ruutu returned to the Senators' lineup after serving a two-game suspension for biting Sabres forward Andrew Peters' gloved hand in a 4-2 loss in Buffalo one week earlier.
Corvo drew the Hurricanes to 2-1 when he drove a slap shot past Elliott from the left point at 8:27.
Vermette scored into an open right side at 19:34, just seconds after Carolina's Anton Babchuk stepped out of the penalty box.
Notes:
Ward fell to 5-4-0 over his past nine starts.... Former Hurricanes goalie Martin Gerber was a healthy scratch and did not dress for Ottawa for a second straight game.
Carolina 0 1 0 -- 1
Ottawa 2 1 2 -- 5
First Period--1, Ottawa, Heatley 17 (Spezza), 3:45. 2, Ottawa, McAmmond 2, 11:09.
Second Period--3, Carolina, Corvo 7 (Pitkanen, Williams), 8:27 (pp). 4, Ottawa, Vermette 5 (Neil, Heatley), 19:34.
Third Period--5, Ottawa, Fisher 4 (Alfredsson, Kuba), 8:29. 6, Ottawa, Phillips 4 (Kelly, Vermette), 15:13.
Shots on Goal--Carolina 13-8-3--24. Ottawa 10-23-7--40. Power-play opportunities--Carolina 1 of 4; Ottawa 0 of 4. Goalies--Carolina, Ward 16-12-3 (40 shots-35 saves). Ottawa, Elliott 1-1-0 (24-23). A--18,512 (19,153). T--2:21.
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