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KANATA, Ontario (AP) -- The Ottawa Senators already have some
impressive victories in the young NHL season and still no
blemishes.
|  | | New Jersey's Ken Daneyko, right, keeps Colin Forbes from the puck in the first period. |
For the second straight game, the Senators defeated one of last
year's Stanley Cup finalists -- this time beating the champion New
Jersey Devils 3-1 Friday night.
Shawn McEachern, Ricard Persson and Rob Zamuner scored and
Patrick Lalime made 30 saves as the Ottawa Senators remained
unbeaten (2-0-1).
"It's early in the season, but it's always good to play well
against the Stanley Cup champions," said Senators left wing Rob
Zamuner, who scored an empty-net goal with 1:08 remaining. "We
have a tough start. Our first five games are against tough teams."
After opening the season with a tie against Boston, the Senators
beat Dallas -- the defending Western Conference champions -- in their
last outing.
Things don't ease up for Ottawa, which plays Eastern Conference
powers Toronto and Philadelphia in its next two games.
"When you look at our schedule, it doesn't get much tougher
than that," said McEachern, who scored his first of the season at
14:35 of the first on Alexei Yashin's feed from behind the New
Jersey goal.
"We used the body a lot," McEachern said. "We had a couple of
breakdowns and Patty bailed us out."
McEachern and Persson scored during a 2:05 span of the first
period as Ottawa erased an early 1-0 deficit.
Sergei Brylin had the only Devils goal and Martin Brodeur
finished with 22 saves for New Jersey, which hadn't played since
beating Montreal at home in its season opener last Friday.
"We were a little sluggish at the start," captain Scott
Stevens said. "A lot of it's timing. They're a good team, a fast
team. We had some chances to score and didn't score."
The teams did not capitalize on the power play as Ottawa was
0-for-6 and the defending Stanley Cup champions 0-for-4.
Brylin put the Devils in front 8:18 in, converting Alexander
Mogilny's goal-mouth pass on a 2-on-1 break.
Ottawa scored the go-ahead goal on Persson's first with the
Senators when Magnus Arvedson found the defenseman as the late man
on a rush and Persson's wrist shot squeezed through Brodeur's pads.
Lalime then turned in several key saves, stopping Patrik Elias
from in close late in the second and later making a pad save on
John Madden's short-handed breakaway.
"I'm not disappointed, but I was upset with some of the areas
of our game," Devils coach Larry Robinson said. "Keeping our
shifts short, getting the puck in deep. Not doing that cost us the
first two goals."
Game notes
Ottawa center Radek Bonk played his 400th NHL game. ...
Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson remained one goal short of 100
in his NHL career. ... Senators defenseman Wade Redden sat out his
third consecutive game with a bruised right hand, sustained in the
preseason. He will also miss Saturday night's game at Toronto. ...
Madden led the NHL last season with six short-handed goals.
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NHL Scoreboard
New Jersey Clubhouse
Ottawa Clubhouse
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Ottawa 3
New Jersey 1
Carolina 2
Florida 2
Pittsburgh 3
Tampa Bay 2
Nashville 3
Washington 1
St. Louis 2
Minnesota 0
Edmonton 3
Buffalo 2
Los Angeles 5
Boston 0
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 Ricard Persson beats Martin Brodeur for his first goal of the season.
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Sergei Brylin scores off the pass from Alexander Mogilny.
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