SENATORS BEAT WINGS 3-1 Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist in the Ottawa Senators 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Patrick Wierciochs first goal of the season was the game winner. He moved in from the point and beat goalie Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot with less than six minutes to play. Niklas Kronwall hit a post with a drive that could have tied the game just seconds later, but as the Red Wings pressed to get even, Clarke MacArthur scored into an empty net at 19:02 to give the Senators (6-3-2) the win. Henrik Zetterberg scored the lone goal for the Red Wings (6-3-3), putting a backhander past Craig Anderson at 3:34 of the third to make it 1-1. Both teams had 32 shots. With the game tied 1-1, Anderson bailed out Karlsson with an acrobatic save against Tomas Jurco following a 2-on-1 rush that was created by Karlssons giveaway at the Detroit blue-line. Anderson was particularly busy through the final 40 minutes when he faced 30 shots. The Senators outshot the Red Wings 16-2 in the scoreless first period. Howard was especially good during a nearly four-minute span in the second half of the period when the Red Wings took consecutive penalties. The Senators had a 5-on-3 advantage for 20 seconds during that span but were unable to generate anything as they lost the initial faceoff after the second penalty, and the Red Wings iced the puck. Kyle Turris beat Howard early in the second period but, by the time Turris took his shot, Howard was lying face down in the net, having been run into by a sliding Brendan Smith. The goal was waved off as Howard was hurt on the play, however he stayed in the game and stopped Turris on a short-handed breakaway a few moments later. The Senators got a puck past Howard that counted as Karlsson needed just 37 seconds of a power play to score on a shot from the point at 14:37. Turris earned the primary assist, his 99th in the NHL. NOTES: Colin Greening, Mark Borowiecki and Alex Chiasson were scratched for the Senators. Daniel Cleary, Kyle Quincy and Andrej Nestrasil sat out for the Red Wings. ... The Red Wings have won 18 of the 30 meetings between the teams. ... Senators general manager Bryan Murray was Detroits head coach from 1990-93. Ottawas current coach, Paul MacLean, was an assistant with Detroit from 2005-11.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 04:12:55 +0000
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