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Vancouver 0 0 0--0
Ottawa 1 1 1--3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Alfredsson 15 (Persson, Yashin),
14:46. Penalties: Cooke, Van (elbowing), 2:10; Rachunek, Ott (tripping),
5:25; Arvedson, Ott (hooking), 12:28.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ottawa, Zamuner 17 (Havlat, Rachunek),
5:51. Penalties: Baron, Van (roughing), 1:27; Hossa, Ott (Obstr holding),
2:25; T Bertuzzi, Van (roughing), 13:18; P Schaefer, Van (slashing),
15:00; Jovanovski, Van (boarding), 16:25; Hossa, Ott (roughing), 16:25;
Hnidy, Ott (Ob holding the stick), 17:33; Druken, Van (roughing), 19:49;
Rachunek, Ott (roughing), 19:49.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Hossa 25 (power play) (Havlat,
Bonk), 11:42. Penalties: York, Ott (hooking), 1:08; Ohlund, Van
(slashing), 3:56; D Sedin, Van (hooking), 7:28; T Bertuzzi, Van (hooking),
10:09; Roy, Ott (slashing), 13:44; Brashear, Van (fighting major), 16:56;
Roy, Ott (fighting major), 16:56; T Bertuzzi, Van (fighting major), 19:03;
Hnidy, Ott (fighting major), 19:03.
Shots on goal:
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Vancouver 5 10 10--25
Ottawa 9 9 11--29
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Power-play Conversions: Van - 0 of 6, Ott - 1 of 8. Goalies: Vancouver,
Cloutier (29 shots, 26 saves; record: 5-15-3). Ottawa, Lalime (25, 25;
record: 25-14-4). A:18,500. Referees: Trottier, S Walkom. Linesmen:
Gauthier, Murray.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Vancouver Ottawa
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Baron 0 0 even 0 Alfredsson 1 0 +1 2
Brashear 0 0 -1 1 Arvedson 0 0 even 1
Cassels 0 0 even 2 Bonk 0 1 even 1
Cooke 0 0 -1 0 Dackell 0 0 even 0
D Sedin 0 0 even 1 Fisher 0 0 +1 0
Druken 0 0 -2 2 Havlat 0 2 +1 2
H Sedin 0 0 even 0 Hnidy 0 0 +2 0
Jovanovski 0 0 -1 1 Hossa 1 0 even 1
Klatt 0 0 even 4 Mceachern 0 0 +1 3
Lachance 0 0 -2 0 Persson 0 1 +2 3
M Naslund 0 0 even 4 Phillips 0 0 even 2
Morrison 0 0 even 0 Rachunek 0 1 even 0
Ohlund 0 0 even 6 Redden 0 0 even 3
P Schaefer 0 0 -1 0 Roy 0 0 even 0
Pederson 0 0 -1 1 White 0 0 even 0
Sopel 0 0 -1 1 Yashin 0 1 +1 4
Strudwick 0 0 even 1 York 0 0 even 3
T Bertuzzi 0 0 even 1 Zamuner 1 0 +1 4
Stapleton Healthy Forbes Healthy
Helmer Healthy Rivers Healthy
Ruutu Healthy Emmons Ankle Injury
Game Story
OTTAWA (Ticker) -- Patrick Lalime broke a team record with his
sixth shutout of the season, leading the surging Ottawa Senators
to a 3-0 blanking of the Vancouver Canucks.
Already the owner of the single-season team record for wins,
Lalime broke Damian Rhodes' 1997-98 mark for shutouts, with his
second in seven days. He stopped 25 shots, including 10 in each
of the final two periods.
"It was a scrambly game," Lalime said. "Many times, there was
traffic in front the net and the puck just hit me."
With 12 minutes left in the second, Lalime denied All-Star
defenseman Ed Jovanovski, who got a step behind the defense and
crashed the net.
Lalime's best stretch came early in the third period, when he
sprawled to stop Markus Naslund's rebound attempt from the left
side and made a right pad stop on Harold Druken's close-in shot
during a power play.
The Canucks were shorthanded when Lalime dove and broke up
Jovanovski's centering pass. He then recovered to stop Scott
Lachance's rebound with just over 12 minutes remaining.
Records are nothing new for Lalime, who set an NHL mark in
1996-97 by starting his career in Pittsburgh with a 16-game
unbeaten streak.
"The streak in Pittsburgh was all about winning. And when
you're winning, it's always fun," he said. "It was a team thing
there, just like it is here. Everything's easier when the team
is winning."
The Senators scored a goal in each period en route to their
sixth win in seven games. They moved four points ahead of
Philadelphia in the battle for the top seed in the Eastern
Conference and 10 points in front of second-place Buffalo in the
Northeast Division.
"Since the All-Star break, we've been very consistent," said
Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson. "We didn't win in our first
few games back, but we knew we were playing well, and we've been
carrying that on since."
Dan Cloutier made 26 saves for Vancouver, which has lost two in
a row following a three-game winning streak. The Canucks
remained tied with Phoenix for sixth place in the Western
Conference.
"We discussed paying the price physically to get the chances in
front of their net. We generated lots of opportunities but
couldn't get the goals we needed," Vancouver coach Marc Crawford
said. "I can't fault our effort. We worked hard, but Ottawa
was on their game."
Alfredsson scored the only goal Lalime needed with 5:14 left in
the opening period. Cloutier stopped Rico Persson's shot, but
Alfredsson got the rebound and slid in a backhander for his 15th
goal.
Rob Zamuner doubled the lead 5:51 into the second period with
his 17th goal. Cloutier got a piece of his slap shot from the
top of the left faceoff circle, but the puck trickled across the
goal line.
Marian Hossa capped the scoring on the power play with 8:18 left
in the third period. The Senators broke in 3-on-1, but Cloutier
made a diving pokecheck to know the puck off rookie Martin
Havlat's stick. Hossa had no trouble converting the rebound
from the top of the crease.
"We had some undisciplined penalties and even though they scored
only once on the power play, it made a big difference in the
game," said Crawford.
Ottawa was 1-for-8 with the extra man and killed all six
Canucks' power plays.
"Obviously, there were lots of penalties and not much flow to
this game," Senators coach Jacques Martin said. "I thought we
did a good job in our end and a good job of capitalizing on our
opportunities. ... They're a physical team and I think they
tried to intimidate us a little bit. But we expected a chippy
game, and we talked about staying disciplined."