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Senators 3, Red Wings 2
Associated Press

OTTAWA - Daniel Alfredsson scored his second power-play goal of the game with 2:56 remaining to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night in a matchup of the NHL's top two teams.

Alfredsson restored Ottawa's lead with his 28th goal of the season after the Senators blew a 2-0 advantage earlier in the period. He also scored on a slap shot from the point past ex-teammate Dominik Hasek to open the scoring just 1:04 in.

Mike Fisher also scored for Ottawa as he and Alfredsson extended their scoring streaks to nine games.

Detroit scored twice in the third, tying it with 7:54 remaining after Senators all-star Dany Heatley departed earlier in the period with an apparent right shoulder injury.

Brian Rafalski scored on a power play 7:46 into the third to cut it to 2-1. Jiri Hudler evened it at 2-2 when he jumped on a rebound of Nicklas Lidstrom's point shot off the end boards left of the net and drove a slap shot past Ottawa goalie Ray Emery.

Heatley left after he fell awkwardly into the boards while checking Detroit's Dallas Drake behind the Senators' net. He did not return.

Emery, Hasek's backup with Ottawa during the first half of the 2005-06 season, made 27 saves for his third straight win as the Senators extended their winning streak to four.

Hasek, who recorded shutouts in Dallas and against Colorado in each of his last two starts, was Ottawa's starting goalie two seasons ago until he suffered a season-ending groin injury while playing for the Czech Republic during the Olympics in Turin.

Alfredsson's first goal ended Hasek's shutout streak at 135 minutes, 22 seconds.

Steve Yzerman was honored by the Senators prior to the game for his Friday  induction into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame. The Red Wings legend and Ottawa native dropped the puck in a ceremonial faceoff.

Heatley had his former teammate beaten twice earlier in the game but failed to convert both times. Heatley hit the right post 8:42 in with a delayed interference penalty signaled against Detroit's Dallas Drake. The all-star right wing hit the left post when he shot after he was sent in alone by Alfredsson on a breakaway in the second.

Notes: Rafalski's stick blade sailed high in the air into the left corner after it broke off when he took a slap shot from the right point during a first-period power play ... The Senators are back home again Sunday night against the New York Islanders (7 p.m., Rogers Sportsnet, Team 1200). Fewer than 300 tickets remain for the game ... The Senators will honour Gatineau Olympiques forward Claude Giroux, a member of Canada's gold-medal winning world junior team, in a pre-game ceremony.


Three star selections
1st:   DANIEL ALFREDSSON
2nd:   MIKE FISHER
3rd:   CHRIS PHILLIPS
Winning Goaltender
Ray Emery

Losing Goaltender
Dominik Hasek

SCHEDULE

HOME
AWAY
PROMOTIONAL

STANDINGS

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 10 4 6 5 10
K. Turris 10 6 3 2 9
E. Karlsson 10 1 7 0 8
E. Condra 10 1 6 -1 7
J. Pageau 10 4 2 4 6
S. Gonchar 10 0 6 -3 6
M. Michalek 10 3 2 3 5
M. Methot 10 1 4 1 5
C. Greening 10 3 1 -1 4
J. Silfverberg 10 2 2 -1 4
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
R. Lehner 0 1 0 .920 2.45
C. Anderson 5 4 0 .918 3.01
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