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KANATA, Ontario (AP) -- The Ottawa Senators are trying to prove
that they are not the same team the Toronto Maple Leafs knocked out
of last season's playoffs.
|  | | Ottawa's Radek Bonk knocked over Curtis Joseph in the first period Tuesday. CuJo made 20 saves but the Senators prevailed. |
The Senators rode newcomers Jani Hurme and Martin Havlat to a
4-3 victory Tuesday night over the Leafs -- Ottawa's second win over
Toronto this season -- in front of a sellout crowd of 18,500.
Havlat had a goal and an assist and Hurme, starting in place of
injured goalie Patrick Lalime, finished with 20 saves for the
Senators.
"It took a period to get our legs tonight," said Ottawa coach
Jacques Martin, whose team recorded a 4-0 win over the Leafs on
Oct. 14 in Toronto. "With Patrick out, it's a good opportunity for
(Hurme). He made the key saves at the right times. I think he's
ready to play at this level."
Rob Zamuner's short-handed goal in the third period was the
game-winner. Alexei Yashin and Magnus Arvedson also scored for
Ottawa.
The Senators held off a late Toronto charge to win its first
game after Florida stopped their Senators' nine-game unbeaten
streak last Saturday.
Gary Roberts, Dimitry Yushkevich and Sergei Berezin scored for
Toronto, which lost for just the second time in its last six
(4-2-0-0). Curtis Joseph had 20 saves.
Ottawa's power play went 2-for-4; Toronto 1-for-7.
The Leafs trail the Senators by five points for the Northeast
Division lead.
"We took a couple of stupid, non-contact penalties and they
scored on them," Toronto coach Pat Quinn said of second-period
power-play goals by Havlat and Yashin that overcame a 1-0 Toronto
lead.
"We had two or three (guys) who had bad nights but, for the
most part, it was a pretty good effort."
Roberts gave Toronto a 1-0 lead 12:29 in on a power play, but
Hurme followed with several good stops, including a toe save off
Darcy Tucker's wraparound.
Joseph only faced four shots in the first and looked unbeatable
until Yashin fired a shot from the left faceoff dot between his
pads at 9:29 of the second.
Havlat converted a pass from Radek Bonk at 13:07 to give Ottawa
the lead and Arvedson made it 3-1 just 40 seconds into the third
period.
Zamuner appeared to put the game out of reach with his
short-handed goal at 6:14.
But Yushkevich beat a screened Hurme at 10:31 and Berezin cut
the lead to 4-3 at 11:52.
"After the first half of the second period, Ottawa took over,"
Leafs captain Mats Sundin said. "Four to one is tough to come back
from, but we were almost able to get a tie."
In its previous two home games, Ottawa blew third-period leads
of 3-0 and 5-1 to Pittsburgh and Atlanta, respectively, before
settling for ties.
"It was pretty scary, but we were used to that the last couple
of home games," Hurme said. "It was a great Halloween party for
the fans."
The Senators survived a Toronto power play with Senators
defenseman Karel Rachunek serving an interference penalty with less
than two minutes left and Joseph pulled for the extra attacker.
Game notes
Left-wing Steve Thomas returned to the Toronto lineup after
missing three games with a hand infection. ... D Jason York played
for Ottawa after missing one game with a strained right shoulder.
Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson missed his sixth straight game
with an injured right hip flexor.
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