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The Ottawa Senators seek their season-high fourth straight win and a .500 record Friday when they continue their four-game road swing against former Ottawa coach Jacques Martin and the Florida Panthers.

The Senators (10-11-1) began the road trip with a 3-2 overtime victory Wednesday over the Philadelphia Flyers. Defenseman Wade Redden scored the winning goal with 20.6 seconds to play, helping Ottawa complete a rally from a two-goal deficit and win for the fourth time in five games.

"It felt great, especially to battle back from two," said Redden, who has just four points in 14 games after scoring a career-high 50 last season. "Once we got down two, I thought we really turned it on and started playing better."

Ottawa has not been .500 since a 2-1 loss Oct. 28 at Boston dropped the Senators to 5-5-0. Ray Emery, who appears to have supplanted Martin Gerber as the Senators' No. 1 goaltender, has allowed just six goals on 90 shots while starting all three games of the winning streak.

"Five hundred, for sure if we get to that point and start from scratch and get going again we can feel pretty good about that," Redden told the team's Web site after an optional skate Thursday. "We've had an up-and-down season thus far, and tomorrow is a big game to get to that level. Then we can start over from there."

Daniel Alfredsson, who scored the game-tying goal in the final minute of the second period, has three goals and four assists in a six-game points streak.

Ottawa's road trip continues Sunday at Tampa Bay before wrapping up Tuesday at reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina.

The Panthers (8-11-4) have alternated wins and losses their last four games but are only 1-3-1 in their last five home games. After scoring three second-period goals to erase a 2-0 deficit, Florida yielded four goals in the final period Wednesday in a 6-4 loss to Tampa Bay.

"We let them off the hook," Florida defenseman Mike Van Ryn said. "It's a tough loss because we had them."

Defense has been a season-long problem for the Panthers, whose 79 goals allowed are tied for second-most in the Eastern Conference and third-most in the NHL. They have yielded 29 goals in the last eight games, going 2-4-2 in that span.

Olli Jokinen, who has team highs of 10 goals and 13 assists, has four goals and three assists in his last four games. The Finnish left wing has scored all 10 of his goals and registered nine of his assists in Florida's 12 home games.

Martin, who compiled a 341-255-96 record in nine seasons as coach of the Senators and is the winningest coach in Ottawa's franchise history, watched his Panthers split four games with his former club last season. Florida won the last two games, outscoring Ottawa 11-6.

The teams meet again Thursday at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa.




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EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
D. Alfredsson 8 3 5 4 8
E. Condra 8 1 6 2 7
K. Turris 8 4 2 1 6
J. Pageau 8 4 2 7 6
E. Karlsson 8 1 5 1 6
S. Gonchar 8 0 6 3 6
M. Methot 8 1 4 0 5
M. Zibanejad 8 1 3 0 4
C. Greening 8 3 0 2 3
C. Conacher 7 3 0 -1 3
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
R. Lehner 0 1 0 .952 1.58
C. Anderson 5 2 0 .940 2.17
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