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© St. Petersburg Times, published November 24, 2000
Oilers keep Senators sliding KANATA, Ontario -- Anson Carter scored his first goal for Edmonton as the Oilers ran their unbeaten streak against the Ottawa Senators to 11 with a 5-3 win Thursday.
Edmonton is 8-0-3 against the Senators since a 4-3 overtime loss at the Ottawa Civic Centre on Jan. 18, 1994.
Carter, acquired from Boston in a deal that sent Bill Guerin to the Bruins, assisted on Doug Weight's tying goal with 2:47 to go and scored the winner 1:13 later.
"I wasn't really familiar with the fact we've played so well against Ottawa," Carter said. "Sometimes you just have the right bounces, a little bit of luck and might have that psychological edge over some teams."
Mike Grier added two goals for Edmonton, including an empty-netter with 14 seconds remaining.
Todd Marchant also scored for Edmonton. Ottawa's Radek Bonk had two power-play goals, and Marian Hossa added his 12th goal.
The game seemed destined to end in a tie after Marchant's fluke goal with just under 15 minutes left.
Marchant was credited with his sixth goal 5:07 into the third when his pass skipped over teammate Rem Murray's stick and deflected off defenseman Shane Hnidy's stick past goalie Janni Hurme.
Edmonton's Tommy Salo made 23 saves to improve to 11-8-3. Hurme made 19 saves for the Senators.
Ottawa has lost five of its past seven.
CANADIENS 6, THRASHERS 0: Craig Darby had a goal and two assists as visiting Montreal snapped a six-game skid and gave coach Michel Therrien his first NHL victory.
It also was Montreal rookie goaltender Mathieu Garon's first career win. He made 25 saves.
Atlanta, which lost center Patrik Stefan to a concussion and a broken nose 1:47 into the game, lost its fourth straight and has been outscored 14-2 in its past two outings.
Six players scored for Montreal, which fired coach Alain Vigneault and general manager Rejean Houle on Monday after a 5-13-2 start gave it the 30-team league's worst record. The Canadiens lost 4-1 to Florida on Tuesday in the first game for Therrien and new general manager Andre Savard.
Dainius Zubrus, who had a goal and an assist, helped Montreal take a 4-0 lead 1:34 into the second, sending a back-handed pass from the left boards that Andrei Markov met with a slap shot.
Stefan, a 20-year-old Czech selected first overall in the 1999 draft, was down on the ice for about 10 minutes after falling over Montreal's P.J. Stock. Stefan, taken off the ice on a stretcher with his neck immobilized, went to a hospital for tests.
Stefan had at least two serious concussions two seasons ago in the International Hockey League.
"He never lost consciousness," Thrashers general manager Don Waddell said. "His neck is fine. He has suffered some type of concussion."
DEVILS 6, KINGS 1: Petr Sykora and Randy McKay scored power-play goals 2:06 apart in the first and John Madden scored twice in the second as visiting New Jersey ended Los Angeles' eight-game unbeaten streak.
Scott Gomez had a goal and a two assists and Alexander Mogilny added a goal and an assist for the defending Stanley Cup champs, who won their fourth straight game after a seven-game winless streak.
They are 2-0 since the return of holdouts Jason Arnott and Scott Niedermayer, each of whom had an assist.
The Devils, 1-for-17 on the power play in six previous games, scored their first two times with the man advantage in their first visit to Staples Center. They were 6-27-6 at the Forum.
FLAMES: Although Derek Morris has revised his contract demands, the club isn't impressed.
The holdout defenseman's agent, Brad Devine, wants a salary for Morris comparable to that of Ottawa defenseman Wade Redden, who has a two-year deal worth $3.6-million.
Devine says he'll accept a contract in Canadian currency, agreeing to assume the risk of the falling Canadian dollar. Also, he said Morris would buy $100,000 worth of Flames' season tickets every year of whatever contract he signs and would begin his season in the AHL with a two-week conditioning stint.
The Flames have offered $3.3-million over three years and $6.3-million over four years, the Calgary Herald reported.
SENATORS: Left wing Colin Forbes, a former Lightning player, left Ottawa to attend his grandfather's funeral.
DEVILS 5, MIGHTY DUCKS 2: Niedermayer and Arnott combined for three points in their first game since ending contract holdouts and signing with visiting New Jersey. Arnott had a goal and an assist and Niedermayer added an assist for the Devils, who won their third straight after a seven-game winless streak.