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Ottawa 0 3 2--5
Vancouver 1 0 0--1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Vancouver, Druken 8 (Brashear, Lachance),
19:59. Penalties: Arvedson, Ott (roughing), 9:36; Brashear, Van
(roughing), 17:39.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ottawa, Mceachern 11 (Alfredsson, Redden),
0:33. 3, Ottawa, Arvedson 11 (shorthanded) (Fisher, Rachunek), 10:58. 4,
Ottawa, Arvedson 12 (Hossa, Bonk), 14:25. Penalties: York, Ott
(interference), 4:57; Rivers, Ott (cross checking), 9:27; Ottawa bench,
served by Roy (abuse of officials), 17:25; Jovanovski, Van (roughing),
17:41; Lalime, Ott served by Alfredsson (interference), 19:55.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Ottawa, Mceachern 12 (Alfredsson, Yashin),
6:30. 6, Ottawa, Yashin 14 (power play) (Alfredsson, Rachunek), 8:25.
Penalties: Phillips, Ott (interference), 3:24; Morrison, Van (holding),
4:27; Brashear, Van (elbowing), 8:00.
Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 6 11 7--24
Vancouver 13 9 11--33
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Power-play Conversions: Ott - 1 of 4, Van - 0 of 6. Goalies: Ottawa,
Lalime (33 shots, 32 saves; record: 17-8-2). Vancouver, Potvin (24, 19;
record: 12-14-3). A:18,422. Referees: Jackson, Shick. Linesmen: Mitton,
Rody.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Ottawa Vancouver
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Alfredsson 0 3 +2 1 Aucoin 0 0 even 2
Arvedson 2 0 +1 5 Baron 0 0 -2 0
Bonk 0 1 +1 0 Brashear 0 1 -1 1
Dackell 0 0 even 0 Cassels 0 0 -1 1
Fisher 0 1 even 2 Cooke 0 0 -2 5
Havlat 0 0 even 4 D Sedin 0 0 even 3
Hnidy 0 0 even 0 Druken 1 0 -1 2
Hossa 0 1 even 1 H Sedin 0 0 even 2
Mceachern 2 0 +2 4 Jovanovski 0 0 -2 3
Phillips 0 0 +2 1 Klatt 0 0 even 0
Rachunek 0 2 +1 1 Lachance 0 1 even 0
Redden 0 1 +1 0 M Naslund 0 0 -1 2
Rivers 0 0 even 0 Morrison 0 0 -2 8
Roy 0 0 even 0 Ohlund 0 0 -1 3
V Prospal 0 0 even 0 P Schaefer 0 0 even 0
Yashin 1 1 +2 4 Stapleton 0 0 -2 0
York 0 0 +2 0 Strudwick 0 0 even 0
Zamuner 0 0 even 1 T Bertuzzi 0 0 even 1
Salo Shoulder Sopel Healthy
Persson Ankle Injury Pederson Broken Hand
Forbes Healthy
Emmons Healthy
Game Story
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- Shawn McEachern and
Magnus Arvedson both scored twice and Patrick Lalime made 32
saves as the resurgent Ottawa Senators cooled off the Vancouver
Canucks with a 5-1 victory.
Ottawa also got three assists from Daniel Alfredsson en route to
its fourth straight win. The Senators improved to 7-1 against
Canadian teams and remained tied with New Jersey for first place
in the Eastern Conference with 52 points.
"We did a good job tonight on the special teams," Ottawa coach
Jacques Martin said. "I thought that shutting their power play
down was a key, and we were able to get a power-play goal."
Harold Druken scored in the final second of the opening period
to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead, but the second period belonged to
Ottawa.
McEachern put a rebound past goaltender Felix Potvin 33 seconds
into the period to tie it and Arvedson put the Senators in front
with a shorthanded goal at 10:58. Arvedson got to a loose puck
in the Canucks' zone and beat Potvin with a wrist shot from the
right faceoff circle.
Only Tampa Bay has given up more shorthanded goals (10) than
Vancouver (9).
Playing his fourth game since missing 19 with a broken foot,
Arvedson capped the second-period outburst with 5:35 remaining.
He gave Ottawa a 3-1 lead by flipping a long rebound of Marian
Hossa's shot over Potvin's left shoulder.
"It's always good to get two goals, but everything is not about
scoring goals. You have to play well as a team," Arvedson said.
"But we won and those ended up being big goals.
"The first goal I scored was just a shot and the second, I just
saw a little opening and it went in."
McEachern completed his second two-goal game of the season 6 1/2
minutes into the third period and Alexei Yashin banked in a shot
from along the goal line less than two minutes later to make it
5-1.
"Jacques wasn't happy with our first period. We tried to come
out and play a lot better and we seemed to get it going in the
second and third," McEachern said. "Jacques' been trying to get
us not to be so creative and instead, just get the puck on net
and get the rebounds. And that's why we got the goals."
Fans serenaded Potvin throughout the third period with chants of
"We want, Bob," referring to the Canucks other goalie, Bob
Essensa.
"He had a tough game, just like the rest of the team, and it's
not helping the cause when fans are booing him," said Vancouver
captain Markus Naslund. "He's a big part of our team and they've
got to stand behind him, even if he lets in a goal or two.
"It's got to be a terrible feeling for him having the whole
crowd chanting for Bob. We tried to support him the best we
could. Everybody knows he's a good goalie. He just has to feel
the confidence again."
The Canucks lost for only the second time in six games and had a
four-game home winning streak snapped.
"We weren't very successful as a team and it ended up being a
bit of a laugher for them," Vancouver coach Marc Crawford said.
"Unfortunately, that's something we have to deal with. We
didn't get a strong performance from our goaltender or our power
play. We had a lot of guys that were sub-par in the second and
third."
Vancouver had a 13-6 advantage in shots in the first period and
broke through just before the buzzer as Druken put a one-timer
from the top of the slot past Lalime's glove.
"We played the way we had to in the first period and after that,
we were terrible," Naslund admitted.