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Spezza's 3 points pace Senators
Sep 26, 2010 - 1:50 AM OTTAWA (AP) -- Jason Spezza had two goals and an assist and Nick Foligno also scored twice to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 preseason victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.Chris Neil scored a power-play goal in the first, and Bobby Butler scored on a penalty shot for Ottawa's third goals in a span of 3:52 late in the second.
Brian Elliott made 27 saves, including a stop on Ben Maxwell's penalty shot in the second.
The Senators, who lost 4-2 in Montreal on Friday, evened their record at 2-2.
Maxwell and Tomas Plekanec scored for the Canadiens (1-2).
Carey Price, who allowed four goals on nine shots in 30 minutes on Wednesday night, stopped 24 shots.
Spezza tied it at 2 when he scored from behind the goal line 15:33 into the second. Sergei Gonchar drew an assist in his Ottawa debut when Spezza's shot from the left corner caught Price by surprise.
Maxwell, who scored a power-play goal 1:54 in, was stopped by Elliott on a penalty shot at 16:02.
Ottawa took the lead at 18:32 when Foligno beat Price on a deke. Butler, who was hauled down by Josh Gorges on a breakaway, also faked and shot past Price to make it 4-2 with 34.1 seconds left in the second.
Spezza, who assisted on the Senators' third goal, and Foligno each added their second goal of the game in the third.
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MONTREAL 2
OTTAWA 6 FINAL
Sep 25 9:42 PM - NHL
END OF THE 3RD 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MONTREAL 1 1 0 2
OTTAWA 1 3 2 6 END OF THE 3RD
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: MON - (PP) BEN MAXWELL 1 (JOSH GORGES) 01:54
OTT - (PP) CHRISTOPHER NEIL 2 (MIKE HOFFMAN, BOBBY BUTLER) 12:30
2ND PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 2 (BENOIT POULIOT) 02:55
OTT - JASON SPEZZA 1 (SERGEI GONCHAR) 15
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END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MONTREAL 1 1 2
OTTAWA 1 3 4 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: MON - (PP) BEN MAXWELL 1 (JOSH GORGES) 01:54
OTT - (PP) CHRISTOPHER NEIL 2 (MIKE HOFFMAN, BOBBY BUTLER) 12:30
2ND PRD: MON - TOMAS PLEKANEC 2 (BENOIT POULIOT) 02:55
OTT - JASON SPEZZA 1 (SERGEI GONCHAR) 15
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END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MONTREAL 1 1
OTTAWA 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: MON - (PP) BEN MAXWELL 1 (UNASSISTED) 01:54
OTT - (PP) CHRISTOPHER NEIL 2 (MIKE HOFFMAN, BOBBY BUTLER) 12:30
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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MON 10 10
OTT 1
Sep 25 7:47 PM
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