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November 22, 2002
OTTAWA -- Ottawa needed a big goal from one of its least heralded players to get by Jeff Hackett and Montreal.
Chris Phillips scored his first goal of the season late in the second to lift the Senators to a 3-2 victory Thursday.
Phillips, a defenseman held to two assists through 16 games, scored with 1:27 left in the second to break a tie at 2. He had gone 21 regular-season games without a goal, dating to last season.
"It was a great feeling that I was able to get it in and to contribute," said Phillips, who had six goals in 63 games last season. "It's never fun to see that big zero beside your name."
Hackett made 34 saves, including a remarkable pad stop on Marian Hossa with just more than eight minutes left to keep the Canadiens within one. He lost for the second time in 10 games (5-2-2) as he made his second start in as many nights in place of Jose Theodore, who missed the two-game road trip because of a hip flexor.
BLUES 3, KINGS 2 (OT): Alexander Khavanov scored his second overtime goal of the season 1:02 in for host St. Louis. Khavanov beat Felix Potvin from about 20 feet.
Doug Weight scored for St. Louis with 39 seconds left to tie. Al MacInnis' slap shot deflected to Weight, who was alone at the right side of the goal. Weight one-timed the puck in for the goal.
OILERS 3, FLAMES 1: Todd Marchant scored twice, and Shawn Horcoff scored the winner for visiting Edmonton.
As Horcoff jostled with defenseman Jordan Leopold in front of the net, Steve Staios' slap shot from the blue line deflected off Horcoff's skate and slipped between Jamie McLennan's pads.
Tommy Salo, who made 26 saves, made his finest with the Flames down 2-1 and pressing during the final minute. Salo sprawled to make an acrobatic toe save off Leopold's deflection then kept the rebound out as a crowd of Flames players whacked at the puck.
BRUINS 3, HURRICANES 1: Glen Murray scored his 200th and 201st goals for host Boston. Murray scored off a faceoff, tying it at 1 8:45 into the second. Joe Thornton won the draw over to Murray, who fired a slap shot past Kevin Weekes.
Brian Rolston put Boston ahead for good late in the second on a short-handed goal. He raced to his rebound at the bottom of the right circle and flicked a shot inside the far post.
WILD 4, CAPITALS 3: Pascal Dupuis had a goal and two assists for visiting Minnesota, which swept the season series.
Dupuis scored the goal in Saturday's 1-0 victory against Washington. His third-period goal Thursday gave the Wild a 4-2 lead 9:52 into the third.
DEVILS 4, RANGERS 4: Mark Messier scored on a backhander in close with 3:35 left to give visiting New York a tie.
Defenseman Scott Niedermayer shoved Mikeal Samuelsson into the back of the net, causing it to come off the ice and knock goalie Martin Brodeur off balance.
Matthew Barnaby then sent a pass to Messier on the other side, and his shot deflected off Brodeur before going in.
FLYERS 2, SHARKS 2: Jeremy Roenick's power-play goal with 7:29 left lifted host Philadelphia, which is 1-0-4 in its past five. Before Roenick's goal, the Flyers hadn't scored in 32 power-play opportunities, including their first four Thursday.
PREDATORS 1, AVALANCHE 1: Andreas Johansson scored 14 seconds into the third to give Nashville a tie. Rob Blake scored in the first for Colorado, which is 1-4-4-1 at home. Tomas Vokoun withstood Colorado's 9-3 edge in shots in overtime, finishing with 31 saves.
BLUE JACKETS: Right wing Lasse Pirjeta was activated from injured reserve. He separated his shoulder Oct.14. Center Blake Bellefeuille was sent to Syracuse.
COYOTES: Center Jason Jaspers was sent to Springfield. He was a healthy scratch in the two games Phoenix played after recalling him Sunday.
SENATORS: Defenseman Shane Hnidy is out indefinitely after being hit in the left eye by a puck during practice. He is not expected to lose vision in the eye.
OBITUARY: Harry Watson, a Hockey Hall of Famer and five-time Stanley Cup champion, died Tuesday of an undisclosed illness. He was 79. Watson won four titles with Toronto and one with Detroit in 14 seasons from 1941-57. He had 236 goals and 207 assists in 809 games plus 16 playoff goals in 62 games.