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November 4, 2010, Thursday
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THE slumping Toronto Maple Leafs ended their goal drought but not their losing streak as they fell to divisional rivals the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday.
Toronto's Nikolai Kulemin beat Senators goalie Brian Elliott in the third period to end the team's worst scoring drought in 83 years but it came only after Mike Fisher, Sergei Gonchar and Erik Karlsson had given Ottawa a 3-0 lead.
It was a third consecutive defeat for Toronto (5-5-1) and its fifth in six games after beginning the season 4-0-0.
"We got into a little bit of a scoring slump, but in the third period, we began to come out of it a little bit," Toronto coach Ron Wilson said.
The Leafs hadn't scored in more than 167 minutes, when Phil Kessel netted in a 3-1 victory against Florida last week. Clarke MacArthur followed up Kulemin's goal with a shot that put Toronto within one with 51 seconds left in the third period.
The Maple Leafs, however, would get no closer as Elliott made 33 saves to lead Ottawa (5-6-1) to its first win over Toronto in six attempts.
Elliott produced a strong display, facing 18 shots in the third when the Senators could only manage four.
"He was our best player, no question," said Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson, who played after undergoing treatment for a bad back.
"It was a little closer than we wanted. We'll take the two points and go home."
Jackets shut out Habs
Toronto's bad night was compounded with the loss of captain Dion Phaneuf, who left the game.
"He's got a cut on his leg," Wilson said. "It was deep enough that they wanted to take him to the hospital to determine the extent of the injury. That's the last I heard."
In other games, it was: Blue Jackets 3, Canadiens 0; Wild 1, Sharks 0; and Canucks 4, Oilers 3.
In Columbus, Ohio, Mathieu Garon stopped 29 shots for his 17th career shutout to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
Rick Nash, Derick Brassard and Kyle Wilson had goals and Jake Voracek added two assists for the Blue Jackets, who have won six of eight.
In St Paul, Minnesota, Niklas Backstrom stopped 36 shots and Andrew Brunette scored the game's only goal as Minnesota shut out the powerful San Jose Sharks.
In Edmonton, Alberta, Raffi Torres scored a hat trick against his former team as Vancouver withstood a late charge to beat Edmonton for its fourth straight win.
Daniel Sedin also scored for the Canucks, who won their first road game this season. Vancouver plays seven of its next eight away from home.
Toronto's Nikolai Kulemin beat Senators goalie Brian Elliott in the third period to end the team's worst scoring drought in 83 years but it came only after Mike Fisher, Sergei Gonchar and Erik Karlsson had given Ottawa a 3-0 lead.
It was a third consecutive defeat for Toronto (5-5-1) and its fifth in six games after beginning the season 4-0-0.
"We got into a little bit of a scoring slump, but in the third period, we began to come out of it a little bit," Toronto coach Ron Wilson said.
The Leafs hadn't scored in more than 167 minutes, when Phil Kessel netted in a 3-1 victory against Florida last week. Clarke MacArthur followed up Kulemin's goal with a shot that put Toronto within one with 51 seconds left in the third period.
The Maple Leafs, however, would get no closer as Elliott made 33 saves to lead Ottawa (5-6-1) to its first win over Toronto in six attempts.
Elliott produced a strong display, facing 18 shots in the third when the Senators could only manage four.
"He was our best player, no question," said Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson, who played after undergoing treatment for a bad back.
"It was a little closer than we wanted. We'll take the two points and go home."
Jackets shut out Habs
Toronto's bad night was compounded with the loss of captain Dion Phaneuf, who left the game.
"He's got a cut on his leg," Wilson said. "It was deep enough that they wanted to take him to the hospital to determine the extent of the injury. That's the last I heard."
In other games, it was: Blue Jackets 3, Canadiens 0; Wild 1, Sharks 0; and Canucks 4, Oilers 3.
In Columbus, Ohio, Mathieu Garon stopped 29 shots for his 17th career shutout to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
Rick Nash, Derick Brassard and Kyle Wilson had goals and Jake Voracek added two assists for the Blue Jackets, who have won six of eight.
In St Paul, Minnesota, Niklas Backstrom stopped 36 shots and Andrew Brunette scored the game's only goal as Minnesota shut out the powerful San Jose Sharks.
In Edmonton, Alberta, Raffi Torres scored a hat trick against his former team as Vancouver withstood a late charge to beat Edmonton for its fourth straight win.
Daniel Sedin also scored for the Canucks, who won their first road game this season. Vancouver plays seven of its next eight away from home.
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