Fisher’s Goal Extends Streak for Senators

Mike Fisher and the Ottawa Senators are still finding new ways to win at home.

Fisher deflected Martin Havlat’s shot past Martin Brodeur at 3:10 of overtime to give the Senators a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. The victory extended Ottawa’s home winning streak to a club-record eight games.

But after leading, 2-0, the Senators had to rally to force overtime, and kill off a two-minute power play before Fisher scored.

“It was a fun game to be part of,” Fisher said. “We started really well and then we kind of let down.”

Ottawa has lost only once in 16 games (12-1-3).

“That’s character right there,” Ottawa goalie Patrick Lalime said. “Leading 2-0, then going down 3-2 ... it shows a lot about this team.”

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Vancouver 6, Edmonton 3 -- Markus Naslund scored four goals at Edmonton, Canada, giving him a league-leading 20.

The Vancouver captain scored his fourth goal on a one-timer at 12:36 of the second period after taking a pass from defenseman Brent Sopel and blasting the puck past Tommy Salo.

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San Jose 2, Washington 0 -- Evgeni Nabokov stopped 34 shots for his first shutout this season, and Coach Ron Wilson’s new team beat his old one at San Jose.

Wilson, fired by the Capitals in May after five mostly successful seasons, watched as Nabokov and the revived Sharks won for the third time in four games since Wilson replaced Darryl Sutter.

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Philadelphia 2, Buffalo 0 -- Robert Esche recorded his first shutout for the Flyers to make goals by Donald Brashear and Eric Desjardins stand up at Philadelphia.

Esche, obtained from Phoenix in the summer, was rarely tested in stopping 15 shots, the lowest shot total this season by Buffalo. The Flyers pelted Martin Biron with 34 shots.

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Toronto 4, New York Rangers 1 -- Mats Sundin had a goal and an assist at Toronto, where the Maple Leafs handed the Rangers their season-high fifth consecutive loss.

The Rangers elected to give 19-year-old goalie Dan Blackburn his 18th consecutive start instead of using Mike Dunham, who was acquired Thursday.

The Maple Leafs have won eight in a row at home and nine of 12 overall. Ed Belfour turned aside 36 shots.

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Montreal 4, Boston 2 -- Richard Zednik, Chad Kilger, Craig Rivet and Yanic Perreault scored to lift the Canadiens at home and extend Boston’s season-high losing streak to three games.

Jose Theodore made 25 saves for Montreal in his first start since giving up seven goals at Colorado on Dec. 6.

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Tampa Bay 4, New York Islanders 3 -- Vincent Lecavalier had two goals and an assist to help host Tampa Bay end a five-game losing streak against the Islanders.

Mark Parrish, Shawn Bates and Kenny Jonsson scored for New York. Bates has four short-handed goals this season, including one in each of the last two games.

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Detroit 6, Columbus 4 -- Sergei Fedorov had two goals and an assist to lead the Red Wings at Detroit, one day after his 33rd birthday.

Fedorov’s short-handed goal with 3:18 left in the second period gave Detroit a 5-3 lead.

He beat Marc Denis from the slot, high on the glove side, after taking a pass from Brendan Shanahan.

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St. Louis 4, Atlanta 0 -- Brent Johnson earned his first shutout this season, and Tyson Nash scored his first goal to spark the Blues.

Johnson made his first start at home this season and helped stretch Atlanta’s losing streak to six games. Johnson stopped 32 shots in earning the 10th shutout of his career and the first since beating San Jose on March 13.

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Nashville 3, Minnesota 1 -- Scott Walker scored two goals at Nashville, one on the power play.

The Wild cut the deficit to 2-1 at 1:30 of the third period on Andrew Brunette’s 12th goal this season.

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Colorado 3, Calgary 1 -- Dean McAmmond and Derek Morris scored to lead the depleted Avalanche at Calgary, Canada.

The Avalanche were without injured forwards Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg, but used McAmmond and Morris -- former Flames -- to supply the offense.