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Senators lose in Montreal
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Published 08/01/2006 at 08:44 GMT
The Montreal Canadiens got the "Hockey Day in Canada" off to good start with a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday in Montreal. Radek Bonk and Mathieu Dandenault both scored their first goals of the season for the Canadiens while Cristobel Huet m
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The "Hockey Day in Canada" celebration features all six Canadian teams playing each other in a tripleheader televised throughout the country.
The Canadiens did the celebrating early, scoring four times on 11 shots on Ottawa goalie Ray Emery by the 15:33 mark of the opening period.
A crowd of 21,273 at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens' 20th consecutive sellout of the season, gave them a standing ovation at the end of the first period as Montreal went on to snap a four-game losing streak.
"Those fans had an influence on us and helped us a lot to get going, especially against a team like that," Huet told reporters after the game.
Emery was pulled in favor of Dominik Hasek, who stopped all 13 shots he faced the rest of the way. But it was too late by then for the Senators, who out-shot the Canadiens 41-24.
Saku Koivu opened the scoring for the Habs just 1:33 into the opening period and a power-play goal by Francois Bouillon at 6:15 made it 2-0.
BONK SCORES
Bonk then scored his first goal in 44 regular season games at 12:37 and Dandenault ended a 46-game drought three minutes later.
Ottawa dominated the rest of the game but Huet was very sharp, making several big saves and allowing just a second-period goal by Steve Martins, his first career goal.
The Senators lost consecutive games in regulation for the first time this season, as Ottawa was playing without the injured Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza and Martin Havlat.
"It's disappointing not getting a chance to finish a game but you've just got to move on." Emery told reporters.
In New York, Henrik Lundqvist made 38 saves for the shutout as the New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 4-0.
Jaromir Jagr scored twice and Ville Nieminen and Petr Prucha scored the other goals for the Rangers.
In Denver, Alex Tanguay scored the winning goal in the shoot-out as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2.
Alex Tanguay and Marek Svatos scored the other goals for the Avalanche.
Rick Nash and Sergei Federov scored for the Blue Jackets. Pascal Leclaire made 46 saves.
BRUINS STRIKE LIGHTNING
In Boston, Milan Jurcina scored twice as the Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3.
Marco Sturm, Patrice Bergeron, P.J. Axelsson and Pat Leahy scored the other goals for the Bruins.
In Uniondale, Justin Williams had two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 3-0.
Rod Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney and Cory Stillman scored for the Hurricanes. Martin Gerber made 30 saves for the shutout.
In Edmonton, Bryan McCabe had two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Oilers 3-2.
Matthew Stajan, Darcy Tucker and Chad Kilger scored for the Maple Leafs. Mikael Tellqvist made 36 saves.
In Pittsburgh, Marc Savard scored the winning goal at 16:35 of the third period as the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Penguins 4-3.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice and Jim Slater scored the other goal for the Thrashers.
In Buffalo, John Madden had two assists as the New Jersey Devils beat the Sabres 3-2.
Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rafalski and Scott Gomez scored for the Devils.
In Minneapolis, Todd White had a goal and an assist as the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4-1.
In Vancouver, Brendon Morrison scored the winner in overtime, leading the Canucks to a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames.
Sami Salo scored twice for the Canucks.
In San Jose, Scott Thornton scored twice as the Sharks edged the Los Angeles Kings 3-2.
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