Fedorov scores twice in Red Wings' win over Senators
OTTAWA -- Without knowing that he'd scored a milestone goal, Sergei
Fedorov quickly looked ahead to a new one.
Fedorov scored his 350th and 351st career goals to lead the Detroit Red
Wings to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.
"I wasn't aware of it, to be honest," Fedorov said of reaching 350 with
his first goal midway through the second. "I'm pleased with that. I
guess I'd like to move on and get down to 400 someday."
Steve Duchesne also scored a power-play goal for Detroit, which lost a
pair of one-goal leads in the second before Fedorov scored his second
of the period at 18:15 to put the Red Wings in front for good.
Fedorov joined teammates Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and
Brendan Shanahan to give the current Red Wings roster five players with
more than 350 career goals.
Detroit rebounded from a 3-2 loss at home to Columbus on Friday to win
for the third time in its last four games.
"We are a very focused team and our goal is to win the NHL regular
season and start the playoffs at home, so we cannot afford to lose two
games in a row," Red Wings goalie Dominik Hasek said.
All five goals in the game came in the second period as Marian Hossa
and Daniel Alfredsson scored for Ottawa, which lost its second
straight. The Senators suffered a 3-2 overtime loss in Buffalo on
Friday.
"We were looking to win this game, for sure," Alfredsson said. "They
didn't look their best tonight, either. They played last night and I
think we could have deserved a tie or a win."
Hasek allowed both goals despite facing just four shots in the period
as the Red Wings outshot Ottawa 13-4 and 26-22 overall.
"It was sort of a disappointing period for me because they had two
chances and they scored two goals. However, we scored three and it was
enough to win the whole game," Hasek said.
Duchesne put Detroit ahead with his third of the season 1:47 into the
second after Chris Chelios' cross-ice pass found him unmarked in the
Senators' zone.
Hossa drew Ottawa even at 6:06 for his 21st goal of the season.
Fedorov restored the Red Wings' lead at 2-1 just under four minutes
later on a strong individual effort.
The Russian center carried the puck alone into the Senators' zone,
staying outside on the right wing to avoid Ottawa defenseman Chris
Phillips before backhanding a shot that appeared to surprise goalie
Jani Hurme as it went just inside the left post at 9:58.
"Maybe I had a little bit of a bad angle," Hurme said. "Fedorov is a
good player but I think I still should have had it."
Alfredsson scored his 28th with 3:19 left in the second to tie it again
2-2.
Detroit regained the lead when Fedorov poked Shanahan's pass through
Hurme's legs from the edge of the crease.
Notes: Yzerman, who has 658 career goals, missed his sixth straight
game as he rehabs from recent knee surgery. He skated Saturday morning
and expects to rejoin the lineup Monday in Montreal. ... Hull has 671
goals, Robitaille has 613 and Shanahan has 495. ... The Senators held
an 11-5 edge in shots in the third. ... Ottawa ended a three-game home
winning streak.