Senators Send Devils, Fans Packing With Easy Victory

The crowd booed the New Jersey Devils in the second period and left halfway through the third.

The Ottawa Senators didn’t just beat the slumping Stanley Cup champions, 4-0, Tuesday night at East Rutherford, N.J. They embarrassed them.

“It was one of those things,” said goalie Patrick Lalime, who faced only eight shots in the first two periods. “We played great. We didn’t give them much. They had a couple of chances right off the bat and then we shut them down”

Marian Hossa scored twice, Bryan Smolinski and Josh Langfeld each had a goal, and the Senators improved to 10-1-3 in their last 14 games.

Lalime made 26 saves for his third shutout and the 31st of his career.

It was the Senators’ first victory in three games this season against the Devils and it was a no-contest.

The crowd of 11,456 was so frustrated with the Devils after Hossa stretched the Senators’ lead to 3-0 late in the second period that it booed loudly. Fans started walking out midway through the third period.

Goalie Martin Brodeur didn’t have a chance on any of the Ottawa goals. The first three came on an odd-man rush.

“They are a talented team,” Brodeur said. “The way we’ve had success is to always play them solid and play them tough. They have been playing well, but today, we didn’t show up enough to win this hockey game.”

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Toronto 4, Calgary 1 -- Bryan McCabe scored two power-play goals at Toronto to help the Maple Leafs increase their Eastern Conference-leading points total to 59.

Tom Fitzgerald, playing his 1,000th career game, had a goal for Toronto and teammate Gary Roberts also played his 1,000th game.

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New York Rangers 4, New York Islanders 1 -- Tom Poti had a goal and assist, and defense partner Brian Leetch set up two scores to help the host Rangers stretch their unbeaten streak against the Islanders to 6-0-2.

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Buffalo 6, Philadelphia 2 -- Curtis Brown had two goals and Mika Noronen made 35 saves for the Sabres at Buffalo, N.Y.

The Flyers are 0-4-1-1 in their last six games.

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Dallas 3, San Jose 0 -- Bill Guerin scored the 300th and 301st goals of his career, and Marty Turco stopped 17 shots at San Jose for his third shutout this season.

Guerin became the 14th American-born player to reach 300 goals when he ripped a shot past Evgeni Nabokov midway through the second period.

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Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1 -- Cory Stillman and Brad Richards scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and Tampa Bay improved its franchise-best road winning streak to four games.

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Montreal 5, St. Louis 2 -- Mike Ribeiro and Jan Bulis each had a goal and an assist at Montreal, and backup Mathieu Garon made 16 saves for the Canadiens, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight games.

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Vancouver 4, Phoenix 1 -- Markus Naslund scored two goals to help the Canucks extend their road winning streak to eight games.

Brian Boucher, whose string of five consecutive shutouts ended against Atlanta on Sunday, gave up two goals in the first 9:54.

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Edmonton 4, Florida 2 -- Raffi Torres and Ryan Smyth scored power-play goals at Edmonton, Canada, the first for the Oilers in eight games since a 2-1 home loss to Calgary on Dec. 28.