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KANATA, Ontario (AP) -- Timing was everything for the Detroit Red
Wings and the road-weary Ottawa Senators.
Niklas Lidstrom scored twice as the Red Wings beat the Senators
3-2 on Saturday night to snap a five-game winless streak. Ottawa
was coming off a 12-day road trip, its longest of the season.
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"I thought coming in we had a shot at them," Detroit coach
Scotty Bowman said. "You get back from a trip like that and it's
tough."
Pat Verbeek scored the winning goal early in the third period, and Steve Duchesne had two assists. Detroit entered the game 0-3-2 in its last five and had just two victories in its previous 10.
Jason York and Patrick Traverse scored for Ottawa.
Verbeek scored the winner at 3:22 of the third, taking a pass
from Steve Yzerman and beating goalie Ron Tugnutt with a high
backhand shot on a breakaway.
"Lidstrom has had a strong year for us, all of our defensemen
have ... and Patty gives us a physical presence," Bowman said.
Lidstrom opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 2:46 of
the first period. York beat Osgood with a shot from the right
circle at 5:43, and Traverse gave Ottawa the lead 22 seconds later.
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Arvedson has surgery
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Ottawa Senators center Magnus Arvedson
underwent surgery Saturday night in Philadelphia to repair torn
intestines, the NHL team said.
Arvedson, expected to be sidelined at least six weeks, was
injured Thursday night when he was checked into an open bench
doorway by Philadelphia's Marc Bureau. The Swede collapsed twice
before he could be helped off the ice.
Arvedson has 13 goals and 13 assists in 45 games this season.
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Lidstrom tied it at 8:35 of the second period, beating Tugnutt
from just inside the blue line for the Detroit defenseman's 11th
goal of the season. Tugnutt had allowed only four goals in his
three previous games.
"We had a good game but they have four good lines," Traverse
said. "We gave them two chances and they took them."
The game pitted Detroit's third-ranked power-play against
Ottawa's fourth-ranked penalty-killers.
"The special teams were the difference," Ottawa captain Daniel
Alfredsson said. "They scored a power-play goal and we didn't.
"It was a pretty close game and we had a lot of chances ... you
learn against the best teams."
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Carolina 4
Buffalo 1
Montreal 4
Pittsburgh 2
NY Islanders 2
Tampa Bay 0
Detroit 3
Ottawa 2
Washington 5
Toronto 5
Florida 4
Boston 3
NY Rangers 4
St. Louis 1
Vancouver 3
Edmonton 3
San Jose 4
Anaheim 3
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