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NHL Roundup: Devils win 8th in row on road
Sunday, November 08, 2009

Zach Parise and David Clarkson each had a goal and an assist on the power play, and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth consecutive road game with a 3-2 comeback victory against the Ottawa Senators last night at Scotiabank Place.

The Devils are 8-0 away from New Jersey, the second-longest road winning streak to open a season in NHL history. The Buffalo Sabres started 10-0 on the road to start the 2006-07 season.

New Jersey's power play led the way, scoring three unanswered goals. Parise, Clarkson and Andy Greene had goals for the Devils. Martin Brodeur faced 21 shots.

Milan Michalek and Brian Lee scored for the Senators. Pascal Leclaire, celebrating his 27th birthday, stopped 22 shots.

Leclaire got off to a solid start making a big pad save on Jamie Langenbrunner and robbing Niclas Bergfors with a glove stop.

The Senators opened the scoring at 14:00 of the first after creating a flurry of great chances. Daniel Alfredsson found Michalek, who beat Brodeur shortside.

Ottawa made it 2-0 midway through the second on Lee's first goal of the season. Lee carried the puck from his own end and let a wrist shot go that just slipped under Brodeur's left leg. Brodeur sprawled to grab the puck, but it had already trickled across the line.

Other games

• Maple Leafs 5, Red Wings 1: Phil Kessel scored his first goal with Toronto and Jonas Gustavsson made 35 saves to lead the Maple Leafs to a victory against visiting Detroit. Wayne Primeau, Jeff Finger, John Mitchell and Alexei Ponikarovsky also scored for Toronto. Daniel Cleary scored for the Red Wings.

• Blue Jackets 3, Hurricanes 2: Rick Nash scored Columbus' third goal in a 2:41 span of the third to beat visiting Carolina, the Hurricanes' franchise-record 12th consecutive game without a win.

• Lightning 3, Canadiens 1: Ryan Malone and Alex Tanguay each had a goal and an assist to lead visiting Tampa Bay past Montreal.

• Bruins 4, Sabres 2: Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as goal-starved Boston halted a rough stretch with a victory against visiting Buffalo

• Capitals 7, Panthers 4: Tomas Fleischmann scored twice in a five-goal third, and host Washington beat Florida.

• Predators 3, Kings 1: Francis Bouillon, Cody Franson and Joel Ward scored to lead visiting Nashville to a victory against Los Angeles. Dan Ellis made 27 saves in his first start since Oct. 28.

• Islanders 6, Thrashers 3: Sean Bergenheim, Blake Comeau and Jack Hillen each scored their first goals of the season to help host New York break out of a two-game offensive drought and beat Atlanta.

• Flyers 2, Blues 1: Mika Pyorala scored in the shootout to lead host Philadelphia past St. Louis.

• Wild 3, Stars 2: Cal Clutterbuck and Mikko Koivu scored first-period goals as host Minnesota held on to beat Dallas.

• Ducks 4, Coyotes 3: Mike Brown's goal off a faceoff in the third became a surprising winner as host Anaehim edged Phoenix.

• Flames 3, Rangers 1: Daymond Langkow had a goal and an assist as host Calgary defeated New York.

Note

• Oft-injured Islanders defenseman Radek Martinek is out for the season with a knee injury. Martinek, 33, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee Friday night in the third period of a loss at New Jersey.

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First published on November 8, 2009 at 3:32 am