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Senators look to ruin special night for Robinson, Canadiens
Nov 19, 2007 - 2:49 PM Ottawa (15-3-0) at Montreal (11-5-3) 7:30 pm ESTMONTREAL (Ticker) -- As good as the Ottawa Senators have been this season, they will have to take a back seat to a former Montreal Canadien.
The Senators put their league-best record on the line Monday when they travel to the Bell Centre to meet the Canadiens on a night that the team will retire the No. 19 jersey of defenseman Larry Robinson.
A six-time Stanley Cup winner with Montreal, Robinson finished his career near the top of every offensive category for defensemen. He leads the all-time list for regular-season games played (1,202), goals (197), assists (686) and points (883).
Ottawa coasted to a 13-1-0 start, but its special teams came up short on Saturday in a 3-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team went 0-for-4 with the man advantage and gave up two power-play goals to drop to 2-2 in its last four contests.
Over their last four contests, the Senators are just 1-for-18 on the power play and they have allowed six power-play goals in their last five games.
While they haven't enjoyed quite the level of early-season success the Senators have, Montreal is only five points behind Ottawa and enters the game having won four of six.
Right wing Alexei Kovalev scored his team-leading 10th goal in Saturday's 7-4 victory over Boston, becoming the first Canadien to score 10 goals in the first 20 games or less since Martin Rucinsky in 1996-97.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 2 1 1 4
MONTREAL 0 1 1 2 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) PATRICK EAVES 4 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, CHRISTOPH
SCHUBERT) 3:47
OTT - CHRIS NEIL 3 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 8:57
2ND PRD: MON - (PP) GUILLAUME LATENDRESSE 4 (PATRICE BRISEBOIS,
ALEXEI KOVALEV) 10:18
OTT
Nov 19 10:09 PM - NHL
OTTAWA 4
MONTREAL 2
3RD PRD: MON - CHRIS HIGGINS 7 (SAKU KOIVU, MARK STREIT) 4:31
Senators vs. CanadiensNov 19 9:41 PM - NHL
OTTAWA 4
MONTREAL 1
3RD PRD: OTT - CHRIS KELLY 4 (DANY HEATLEY, JASON SPEZZA) 11:16
Senators vs. CanadiensNov 19 9:37 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 2 1 3
MONTREAL 0 1 1 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) PATRICK EAVES 4 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, CHRISTOPH
SCHUBERT) 3:47
OTT - CHRIS NEIL 3 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 8:57
2ND PRD: MON - (PP) GUILLAUME LATENDRESSE 4 (PATRICE BRISEBOIS,
ALEXEI KOVALE
Nov 19 9:17 PM - NHL
OTTAWA 3
MONTREAL 1
2ND PRD: OTT - DANY HEATLEY 9 (CHRIS NEIL, JASON SPEZZA) 14:35
Senators vs. CanadiensNov 19 9:09 PM - NHL
OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 1
2ND PRD: MON - (PP) GUILLAUME LATENDRESSE 4 (PATRICE BRISEBOIS, ALEXEI
KOVALEV) 10:18
Senators vs. CanadiensNov 19 9:00 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 2 2
MONTREAL 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) PATRICK EAVES 4 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, CHRISTOPH
SCHUBERT) 3:47
OTT - CHRIS NEIL 3 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 8:57
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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OTT 16
Nov 19 8:25 PM - NHL
OTTAWA 2
MONTREAL 0
1ST PRD: OTT - CHRIS NEIL 3 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 8:57
Senators vs. CanadiensNov 19 8:08 PM - NHL
OTTAWA 1
MONTREAL 0
1ST PRD: OTT - (PP) PATRICK EAVES 4 (DANIEL ALFREDSSON, CHRISTOPH
SCHUBERT) 3:47
Senators vs. CanadiensNov 19 8:00 PM
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