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New Jersey 1 0 0--1
Ottawa 2 0 1--3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Brylin 1 (Mogilny, Gomez), 8:18.
2, Ottawa, Mceachern 1 (Yashin), 14:35. 3, Ottawa, Persson 1 (Arvedson,
Hossa), 16:40. Penalties: Rafalski, N.J. (hooking), 4:59.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Arvedson, Ott (slashing),
0:38; Mceachern, Ott (slashing), 6:36; White, N.J. (high sticking), 6:53;
Salo, Ott (interference), 13:34; Mitchell, N.J. (slashing), 16:07; Gomez,
N.J. (high sticking), 19:21.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Ottawa, Zamuner 2 (empty net) (Kravchuk,
Alfredsson), 18:52. Penalties: T Stevenson, N.J. (elbowing), 5:43;
Alfredsson, Ott (Obstr holding), 5:43; Mceachern, Ott (holding), 6:37;
Mogilny, N.J. (roughing), 11:41; K Daneyko, N.J. (holding), 19:52.
Shots on goal:
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New Jersey 8 9 14--31
Ottawa 11 10 4--25
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Power-play Conversions: Njd - 0 of 4, Ott - 0 of 6. Goalies: New
Jersey, M Brodeur (24 shots, 22 saves; record: 1-1-0). Ottawa, Lalime (31,
30; record: 2-0-1). A:16,764. Referees: S Walkom, Zelkin. Linesmen:
Gauthier, Champoux.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
New Jersey Ottawa
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Brylin 1 0 even 1 Alfredsson 0 1 +1 1
Elias 0 0 -1 4 Arvedson 0 1 +1 1
Gomez 0 1 even 3 Bonk 0 0 +1 1
Holik 0 0 -2 2 Dackell 0 0 even 0
K Daneyko 0 0 even 0 Fisher 0 0 even 0
Kelly 0 0 even 1 Forbes 0 0 even 1
Madden 0 0 even 1 Havlat 0 0 even 0
Mitchell 0 0 +1 0 Hossa 0 1 +1 3
Mogilny 0 1 even 2 Kravchuk 0 1 +1 1
Nemchinov 0 0 -1 1 Mceachern 1 0 even 4
Pandolfo 0 0 -1 3 Persson 1 0 +1 1
R Mckay 0 0 even 2 Phillips 0 0 even 0
Rafalski 0 0 -3 2 Rachunek 0 0 -1 1
S Stevens 0 0 -2 3 Salo 0 0 +2 2
Sutton 0 0 even 2 V Prospal 0 0 +1 4
Sykora 0 0 -1 2 Yashin 0 1 even 2
T Stevenson 0 0 -1 0 York 0 0 +1 1
White 0 0 even 2 Zamuner 1 0 +1 2
Goc Healthy Roy Healthy
J Mckenzie Healthy Hnidy Healthy
Ward Healthy
Game Story
KANATA, Ontario (Ticker) -- Patrick Lalime made 30 saves and
Rico Persson scored the go-ahead goal against his former team as
the Ottawa Senators continued to thrive in October with a 3-1
victory over the rusty New Jersey Devils.
Lalime was perfect after allowing an early goal to Sergei
Brylin, stopping all 23 shots over the final two periods. He
helped Ottawa improve to 23-9-5 in October over the last four
seasons.
"Everybody showed up, everybody put up a good effort," said
Lalime. "We didn't give them many second chances. When the
guys play well, it makes my job easier."
With the score tied, 1-1, Persson followed the play into the
Devils' zone, took a pass from Magnus Arvedson and put a wrist
shot from the inside edge of the left faceoff circle between
goaltender Martin Brodeur's pads with 3:20 left in the first
period.
"It was a nice pass by Arvedson, right on my stick," Persson
said. "I didn't really look, I just put it on net."
It was Persson's first goal in a Senators' uniform and came
against the team with which he broke into the NHL in 1995.
"Every time you have a chance to raise your arms, you get pumped
up, maybe a little more against them," he said. "It's early,
but against the good teams, you want to show you belong. It's
always a great feeling to win, no matter who it is."
Lalime made the lead stand up, getting the paddle of his stick
down to deny Scott Gomez's stuff attempt with 14 minutes left in
the second period. Three minutes into the third, he turned
aside Randy McKay's deflection and watched Bobby Holik's rebound
attempt trickle wide of the right goalpost.
With just over a minute remaining, Rob Zamuner broke up a pass
to Gomez, who was poised in front of a half-empty net. Zamuner
ended up scoring into an open net seconds later as Ottawa ended
a five-game winless streak against New Jersey.
"In that position, you want to be strong in your own zone,"
Zamuner said. "Both Alfie (Daniel Alfredsson) and Igor
(Kravchuk) were persuing the puck. I was following along in the
right place at the right time, and it's always a lot easier to
score when there's no goalie."
Brodeur made 22 saves for the Devils, who had not played since
opening the season a week ago.
"I don't think (the layoff) made a difference," said New Jersey
coach Larry Robinson. "Both teams were in the same position,
but the schedule will get better for us now."
Despite the layoff, New Jersey came out flying in the first
period. It grabbed the lead at 8:18 when Brylin and Alexander
Mogilny worked a pretty give-and-go. Mogilny drew Lalime to the
left side of the net before returning the puck to Brylin for the
tap-in.
"Our defense wasn't too bad. Maybe they weren't moving it quick
enough but as a whole, we weren't game sharp," Robinson said.
"We can do a lot better than we did tonight. Often, our shifts
were too long, which makes it hard to forecheck properly."
A turnover led to the tying goal. Petr Sykora lost the puck in
the neutral zone to Ottawa's Alexei Yashin, who carried behind
the Devils' net and flicked a pass back to Shawn McEachern at
the side of the net. McEachern stuffed a shot inside the right
post at 14:35 for his first goal of the season.
After sitting out all of last season over a contract dispute,
Yashin has one point in each of the Senators' first three games.