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Ottawa 2 1 0--3
NY Islanders 1 1 0--2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Yashin 21 (Mceachern, Dackell),
7:22. 2, NY Islanders, Lapointe 4 (Muckalt, Scatchard), 15:05. 3, Ottawa,
Mceachern 16 (power play) (Alfredsson, Redden), 18:12. Penalties: Z Chara,
Nyi (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:24; Z Chara, Nyi (holding), 19:08.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, NY Islanders, Parrish 16 (Galley, A
Brimanis), 2:03. 5, Ottawa, Havlat 11 (Bonk, York), 19:56. Penalties:
Mceachern, Ott (interference), 0:38; Blake, Nyi (slashing), 1:13.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Emmons, Ott (high sticking),
7:48; Cairns, Nyi (closing hand on puck), 12:30; Redden, Ott (high
sticking), 15:54.
Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 14 14 10--38
NY Islanders 7 9 8--24
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Power-play Conversions: Ott - 1 of 4, Nyi - 0 of 3. Goalies: Ottawa,
Lalime (24 shots, 22 saves; record: 20-10-2). NY Islanders, Vanbiesbrouck
(38, 35; record: 7-21-5). A:10,893. Referees: Gregson, Martell.
Linesmen: Dapuzzo, Nowak.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Ottawa NY Islanders
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Alfredsson 0 1 -1 5 A Brimanis 0 1 +1 1
Bonk 0 1 +1 2 Berube 0 0 even 0
Ciernik 0 0 even 2 Blake 0 0 -1 2
Dackell 0 1 +1 1 Cairns 0 0 +1 0
Emmons 0 0 even 3 Connolly 0 0 even 2
Fisher 0 0 -2 2 Czerkawski 0 0 -1 1
Havlat 1 0 +1 4 Galley 0 1 +2 1
Hnidy 0 0 even 1 Hamrlik 0 0 -1 4
Hossa 0 0 +1 1 Isbister 0 0 -1 1
Mceachern 1 1 +1 3 K Jonsson 0 0 -2 0
Phillips 0 0 +1 2 Lapointe 1 0 +1 1
Rachunek 0 0 -1 2 Lawrence 0 0 even 1
Redden 0 1 -1 1 Martins 0 0 even 1
Rivers 0 0 even 0 Muckalt 0 1 +1 2
Roy 0 0 even 1 Parrish 1 0 even 4
Yashin 1 0 +1 4 Pyatt 0 0 -1 1
York 0 1 +1 2 Scatchard 0 1 +1 0
Zamuner 0 0 -2 2 Z Chara 0 0 -1 2
Forbes Healthy Schultz Healthy
Game Story
UNIONDALE, New York (Ticker) -- Seconds made the difference
Tuesday, but it has been years since the New York Islanders have
enjoyed a home victory over the Ottawa Senators.
Rookie Martin Havlat's goal with four seconds left snapped a
second-period tie and Patrick Lalime made the lead stand up as
the Senators remained unbeaten in their last 10 trips to the
Nassau Coliseum with a 3-2 victory.
Ottawa, which has lost just twice in its last 11 games, improved
to 8-0-2 in its last 10 road games with the Islanders and has
not lost at the Coliseum since January 6, 1996.
"That's probably coincidence," Ottawa coach Jacques Martin said
of the streak. "I like the way we played and I think we had some
good games, but it's probably coincidence."
Lalime made eight of his 22 saves in the third period and Alexei
Yashin and Shawn McEachern had first-period goals for Ottawa,
which regained the lead in the Eastern Conference. The Senators
have 61 points, two more than New Jersey.
Claude Lapointe and Mark Parrish scored for the Islanders, who
fell to 1-10-1-0 since December 29. Lapointe's goal was the
100th of his career and ended a 25-game scoring drought.
Ottawa seized momentum in the waning seconds of the second
period. As time ran down, All-Star Radek Bonk controlled the
puck behind the net before threading a pass through the skates
of Islanders defenseman Kenny Jonsson. Havlat, stationed just
outside the right goalpost, one-timed the puck past goaltender
John Vanbiesbrouck and just inside the left goalpost for his
11th goal.
"It was a great play behind the net," Havlat said. "He gave me
a great pass and I just shot and it was in the net. Every time
somebody scores with just a few seconds to go in the period, it
is bad for the other team."
"I've got to stop the pass," Jonsson said. "He made the pass
right through my skates and right on his tape. I've got to do a
better job to protect the crease play."
Lalime preserved the lead with a series of clutch stops, denying
Brad Isbister through a screen two minutes into the third period
and gloving defenseman Roman Hamrlik's blast with 12:12 left.
He also got a piece of Aris Brimanis' slap shot with just over
10 minutes to go.
"It was a close game," Lalime said. "Those guys showed up
tonight. They worked pretty hard and had a few chances, but we
had some chances as well."
Yashin staked the Senators to a 1-0 lead 7:22 into the contest.
McEachern rifled a slap shot off the right post and the puck
came directly to Yashin, who easily tapped it home for his 21st
goal.
"We had a 2-on-1 and I tried to pass it to Shawn and I think it
hit somebody's stick, so we had the open net and it hit the
post, so I got the rebound," Yashin said.
Bypassed for the All-Star Game, Yashin has 11 goals and four
assists in his last eight contests.
"My linemates are playing very well out there, making a lot of
space for me to get the shots," he added. "I'm glad it's
working and hopefully, we could help the team to be successful."
Lapointe evened the contest with 4:55 left in the opening
period. Breaking in 2-on-1 with Bill Muckalt, he actually
misfired on a one-timer but got enough of the puck to send it by
Lalime for his fourth goal of the season.
McEachern put the Senators back on top 3:07 later with his 16th
goal and fourth on the power play. Daniel Alfredsson put a shot
on net from the left point and Vanbiesbrouck made the save, but
the rebound bounced right to McEachern, who quickly slapped it
off the bracing in the back of the net.
The red light went on, but the play was ruled no goal. As
players from both teams scrambled to resume play, officials
huddled and, after a review by the video replay official,
McEachern was awarded a goal.
"It was a low shot and I found the rebound near the circle and I
just roofed it," McEachern said.
The Senators were 0-for-10 on the power play on Saturday against
Tampa Bay.
Parrish knotted the contest just over two minutes into the
second period, scoring his 16th goal. With the teams skating
4-on-4, Garry Galley slipped a puck through Havlat's skates.
Parrish was just outside the right post and was able to redirect
the puck past Lalime to knot the contest at 2-2.
Vanbiesbrouck made 35 saves.
"With 12 wins, we don't find ourselves doing much against
anybody," Vanbiesbrouck said. "We can't say we're not playing
well against good teams. We're trying to maintain, but the
results are the results and I wish I can tap dance all around
them, but I can't."