Final
Spezza scores twice as Senators down Hurricanes
Nov 28, 2011 - 5:59 AM Ottawa, ON (Sports Network) - Jason Spezza scored two goals in the first period on Sunday and the Ottawa Senators hung on to beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-3, for their first home win in November."Obviously, it was nice to score," Spezza said. "I've been struggling to put the puck in the net the past few games and it felt good to get on the board."
David Rundblad and Zack Smith also scored for Ottawa and Craig Anderson had 34 saves. The Senators snapped a two-game overall losing streak and improved to 1-2-1 at home in the month.
Eric Staal and Alexei Ponikarovsky had third period goals for the Hurricanes, who tried to claw their way back after falling down 3-1 after two.
Cam Ward allowed four goals on 25 shots in the loss, Carolina's 10th in 14 games this month (4-9-1).
The Hurricanes were just 1-for-8 on the power play.
Spezza scored 55 seconds into the game, getting the puck near center ice and racing through three defenders before stuffing it past Ward.
Later, Carolina tied it on Patrick Dwyer's sharp-angle shot, but Spezza scored just three minutes later on a power play, beating Ward from the left circle to make it 2-1 at the 18:03 mark.
Rundblad flipped a shot on net from just inside the blue line to push Ottawa's lead to 3-1 with 14 seconds left in the middle period.
Staal scored into an open net from Anderson's left after a shot was knocked down in front, getting the Hurricanes within 3-2 less than seven minutes into the third period.
But Smith's goal from the slot at 12:35 restored Ottawa's two-goal lead and Ponikarovsky's power-play tally four minutes later only served to halve it.
"I thought we deserved a better fate tonight," Ward said. "Other than that first minute in the first period I thought we took it to them."
Game Notes
The Senators are still trying to even their mark in November. They are 4-5-2 in the month after ending October on a six-game winning...Ottawa returned home from a 3-2-1 road trip, which ended with a 6-3 loss to Pittsburgh on Friday.
- CAROLINA: 3
OTTAWA: 4
Final
Nov 27 7:40 PM - CAROLINA: 1
OTTAWA: 3
End of 2nd
Nov 27 6:43 PM - CAROLINA: 1
OTTAWA: 2
End of 1st
Nov 27 5:47 PM - Ottawa Power-Play Goal - Jason Spezza (8), at 18:03.
Hurricanes 1, Senators 2 1st - 1:57Nov 27 5:43 PM - CAROLINA: 0
OTTAWA: 0
1st Period - 20:00
Nov 27 5:11 PM
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