Heatley, Spezza score two goals each as Senators defeat Penguins
Dany Heatley scored two goals for the second night in a row and Jason Spezza also scored twice as the Ottawa Senators wrapped up a productive road trip, winning their fourth in a row by beating Pittsburgh last night, 4-1.
Dany Heatley scored two goals for the second night in a row and Jason Spezza also scored twice as the Ottawa Senators wrapped up a productive road trip, winning their fourth in a row by beating Pittsburgh last night, 4-1.
Spezza, coming off a three-point night in a 6-0 win at Carolina on Wednesday, scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period on a power play as the Senators rallied from a 1-0 deficit to close out a 4-0-1 road trip. Their four consecutive wins followed a seven-game losing streak.
Senators goalie Martin Gerber turned aside 26 of 27 shots.
The Penguins, coming off a long road trip that began with three victories in western Canada but ended with an 8-2 loss to the Flyers on Tuesday night, got a scare when star Sidney Crosby hobbled to the bench after a ricochet caught him in the left foot.
Crosby, who broke that foot late last season, was in pain on the bench, but returned and drew a high-sticking penalty that carried over to the third period.
In other games:
* At Boston, New Jersey's defense snarled the Bruins' offense and Jamie Langenbrunner scored two goals to lift the Devils to a 3-1 win in a game played in front of about only 1,500 people due to a major snowstorm.
* At San Jose, Joe Thornton scored his 13th goal of the season, Milan Michalek notched his 10 and the Sharks rolled to a 5-2 win over Vancouver.
* At Detroit, Ales Hemsky scored the only goal of the shootout to lift Edmonton to a 4-3 win, snapping the Red Wings' seven-game winning streak.
* At St. Louis, Tomas Vokoun stopped 33 shots and recorded his 24th career shutout and Florida beat the Blues, 1-0. Stephen Weiss scored at 1:10 of the second period.
* At Dallas, Mike Ribeiro had two goals and two assists and the Stars maintained their dominance (11-1-1) over the Los Angeles Kings with a 4-1 victory.
* At Tampa, Fla., Jarome Iginla and Kristian Huselius had three goals each to lead Calgary over the Lightning, 9-6. Iginla scored his goals in the third period, giving him six career hat tricks.
* At Uniondale, N.Y., Bill Guerin snapped a scoreless tie in the second period and added a goal in the third to lift the New York Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes.
* At Nashville, Ryan Smyth and Ian Laperriere scored third-period goals to lift Colorado to a 2-1 win over the Predators.
Noteworthy
* Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen, 39, skated with his teammates for the first time since open heart surgery 3 months ago.
* Hurricanes forward Scott Walker was suspended for one game without pay for head-butting Ottawa's Mike Fisher during a fight. *