Teams combine for only 34 shots

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Marian Hossa made the most of his shots, while neither team managed to get many pucks on net.

Hossa scored twice to lead the Ottawa Senators past the Florida Panthers 2-1 Wednesday night. The teams combined for only 34 shots, 17 each, surpassing the Panthers record of 36 set at Washington on Nov. 3, 1995.

Hossa's second goal snapped a tie with 1:04 left. He got tangled up with Sandis Ozolinsh and was down on his back along the right boards but got up, found the puck in the right circle and shot it.

The puck went past goalie Jani Hurme, hit the post, and went in.

"There was a scrap in the boards and I just tried finding the puck," Hossa said. "He(Ozolinsh) lost me and I was free to go to the net."

Hossa leads the league with his career-high 33 goals. Hurme made 15 saves for Florida, including a stop on Magnus Arvedson's penalty shot in the first period.

"The second goal went over my back and hit the post," Hurme said. "Hossa has good hands and he puts the puck in there when he gets the chance."

Hurme made a mistake when he came off the post on the last goal and left Hossa an opening. "(Shaun) Van Allen made the play for Hossa," Florida coach Mike Keenan said. "He outmuscled one of our players. That's a play that should not happen at that time of the game."

Ottawa nearly scored on a breakaway with 2:02 left when Daniel Alfredsson's shot hit the post. Patrick Lalime had 16 saves for Ottawa.

"We never quit," Lalime said. "We gave the second effort and kept going. The ice was terrible and the puck was bouncing everywhere. We battled through."

Ivan Majesky scored his first NHL goal to lift Florida into a 1-1 tie at 8:13 of the third period.

A shot by Niklas Hagman hit the left post and slid along the goal line. Majesky slapped in the puck from the right corner of the net.

"The puck came out and I just shot it in," Majesky said. "It doesn't matter that it was my first goal because we lost. We're trying to get points to get to the playoffs."

Ottawa took a 1-0 lead with 1:30 left in the first. Hossa got behind the Panthers defense in front of the right circle. The puck drifted in front of the crease and Hurme came out for it, but Hossa got there first and poked the puck into the net.

The Panthers staged a flurry of action in front of the Ottawa net in the final seconds of the second period but Lalime turned aside two shots from in front.

"I thought both teams really battled it out," Ottawa coach Jacques Martin said. "It puts us even on the road trip. I thought we bounced back (from a 6-2 loss at Tampa). It was a tight checking game, not a lot of shots by either team."

Arvedson was awarded the penalty shot at 10:21 of the first period. Ozolinsh got his stick under Arvedson's jersey as the Ottawa forward skated toward the Panthers goal.

On the attempt, Arvedson's left-handed shot -- aimed between Hurme's pads -- was blocked.

"I knew he was trying to go five-hole," Hurme said. "That's the way I always play my breakaways."

Game notes
Hossa has nine points in six games. ... Florida has stopped the last four penalty shots. The previous one was Jan. 12, 2000, against the New York Islanders. Hurme has denied both penalty shots he has faced. The other was Jan. 12, 2002, against Tampa Bay while he played for Ottawa. ... Neither team took a shot for the opening 8:25 of the second period. ... Ottawa plays five of its next six games on the road.