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Kessel's late goal leads Maple Leafs over Senators
Sep 30, 2010 - 2:53 AM OTTAWA (AP) -- Nazem Kadri scored twice and assisted on Phil Kessel's goal with 1:50 left in the third and the Toronto Maple Leafs recovered for a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night.Kadri, who scored Toronto's second power-play goal late in the first, tied it at 3 with an unassisted goal 14:10 into the third after the Maple Leafs allowed three straight goals to blow a 2-0 lead.
He drew an assist when Kessel put Toronto ahead to stay with his fifth goal at 18:10. Nikolai Kulemin also scored his fifth goal in the first and Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 22 shots for the Maple Leafs, who improved to 4-3-1.
Milan Michalek and Chris Campoli scored in the second and Daniel Alfredsson gave Ottawa a 3-2 lead early in the third.
Pascal Leclaire made 15 saves for Ottawa, which fell to 2-4.
The chippy encounter between the provincial rivals included a fight between Ottawa's Alex Kovalev and Maple Leafs defenseman Francois Beauchemin midway through the second.
Kulemin put a backhand past Leclaire to open the scoring 8:08 in. Kadri made it 2-0 with Toronto's second power-play goal of the period at 19:23.
Michalek drew the Senators within one midway through the middle period, snapping a shot past Giguere from a sharp angle, low in the right faceoff circle.
Campoli tied it at 2 late in the second. The Ottawa defenseman's shot from the left point got past Giguere at 17:10 as Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf battled with Nick Foligno in the goalmouth.
Alfredsson gave Ottawa its first lead 1:06 into the third when he took Campoli's centering pass from behind the net and snapped a shot past Giguere.
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TORONTO 4
OTTAWA 3 FINAL
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END OF THE 3RD 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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TORONTO 2 0 2 4
OTTAWA 0 2 1 3 END OF THE 3RD
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: TOR - (PP) NIKOLAI KULEMIN 5 (LUCA CAPUTI) 08:08
TOR - (PP) NAZEM KADRI 1 (FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN, TOMAS KABERLE) 19:23
2ND PRD: OTT - MILAN MICHALEK 1 (JARED COWEN, MATT CARKNER) 09:12
OTT - CHRIS CAMPOLI 1 (
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END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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TORONTO 2 0 2
OTTAWA 0 2 2 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: TOR - (PP) NIKOLAI KULEMIN 5 (LUCA CAPUTI) 08:08
TOR - (PP) NAZEM KADRI 1 (FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN, TOMAS KABERLE) 19:23
2ND PRD: OTT - MILAN MICHALEK 1 (JARED COWEN, MATT CARKNER) 09:12
OTT - CHRIS CAMPOLI 1 (
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END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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TORONTO 2 2
OTTAWA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: TOR - (PP) NIKOLAI KULEMIN 5 (LUCA CAPUTI) 08:08
TOR - (PP) NAZEM KADRI 1 (FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN, TOMAS KABERLE) 19:23
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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TOR 8 8
Sep 29 8:21 PM
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