Ottawa Senators suffer 1st 7-game skid since 1996
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Bill Jempty | Wednesday, December 5, 2007 |
A team many thought was headed to the Stanley Cup finals, has hit a tough patch.
TAMPA, Fla. – Vinny Prospal scored in the fourth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended Ottawa’s losing streak to seven games with a 4-3 victory over the Senators on Tuesday night.
The Lightning, who blew a 3-1 lead in the final two minutes, won the shootout 2-1.
Daniel Alfredsson scored twice during a three-goal third, helping the Senators tie it at 3. Alfredsson (1:57 left) and Wade Redden (1:21 remaining) completed the comeback scoring 36 seconds apart late in the period.
The Senators have lost seven games in a row for the first time since Feb. 22-March 9, 1996.
Mathieu Darche, Chris Gratton and Filip Kuba scored for the Lightning.
Despite the streak, the Senators are still 16-7-3. Hardly in danger of missing the playoffs.
Next up for the Senators? My home team, the Florida Panthers. Ottawa will be playing back to back days while the Panthers have been off for four days. Sounds like good news for Florida, except Ottawa easily won the only other meeting of the two teams this year. A 4-1 Senator win back in October.
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- Ottawa Senators’ Daniel Alfredsson out with a fractured jaw
- Crushed- Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 7-1
- Holding on for dear life- Florida Panthers defeat Tampa 4-3
- Ottawa Senators fire coach John Paddock
- Florida Panthers end 11-game losing streak in Atlanta dating back to 2003
- Ottawa Senators select Craig Hartsburg as new coach
- Dousing the Flames- Panthers beat Calgary 3-2
- Ex-Claimer wins Breeders Cup Dirt Mile
- Ship wreck- Navy beats Notre Dame 23-21
- NY Islander Defenseman Radek Martinek out for the year with a torn ACL
- Oh have the mighty fallen- Purdue beats Michigan 38-36
- Out of luck- Northwestern beats Iowa 17-10
- Minnesota Twins acquire SS J.J. Hardy from Milwaukee
- U of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert suspended indefinitely
- FIU loses to Northwood 71-61
- Florida Marlins trade OF Jeremy Hermida to Boston
- San Francisco Giant P Tim Lincecum charged with marijuana possession
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