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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

{allcanada} Senators open homestand with win vs. Red Wings

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OTTAWA -- Patrick Wiercioch's first goal of the season at 14:37 of the third period sparked the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win Tuesday against the Detroit Red Wings at Canadian Tire Centre.

Wiercioch took a pass from Ottawa forward Mark Stone and fired a hard shot from the left point past Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard on the stick side.

Captain Erik Karlsson, with his fourth of the season, and forward Clarke MacArthur, with a goal into an empty net, also scored for the Senators, who opened a four-game homestand.

The Red Wings tied the game 1-1 at 2:34 of the third period on Henrik Zetterberg's fourth goal of the season.

The Senators were scrambling around their net after a shot by Detroit defenseman Danny DeKeyser was stopped by Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson, who made 31 saves; 29 of them came after the first period. The rebound went to an open Zetterberg in the slot and he put a backhand by Anderson high on the stick side.

The Red Wings had a great chance to take the lead in the sixth minute after a giveaway by Karlsson resulted in a 2-on-1, but Anderson made a sprawling save on Detroit right wing Tomas Jurco.

Karlsson, coming off a game in which he was minus-4 against the Boston Bruins on Saturday, opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 4:37 of the second period while Detroit defenseman Brendan Smith in the penalty box for hooking Senators forward Kyle Turris. Karlsson fired the puck from inside the blue line and beat Howard low to the stick side.

Turris had the Senators' best chance to score prior to Karlsson's goal when he had a shorthanded breakaway with Karlsson in the box three minutes into the second period. Turris got a breakaway when the stick of Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg broke and the latter went to the bench, but Howard stopped Turris' wrist shot with a glove save.

A minute into the second period, Turris fired the puck into the open net after Smith collided with Howard, knocking him down and into the Detroit net. It was ruled no goal by referee Brad Watson because Howard was injured on the play.

After having two shots in the first period, the Red Wings created some chances in the second. Anderson stopped Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader with back-to-back saves after Turris' breakaway.

Anderson made his best save of the second period after he gave the puck away behind the Ottawa net. The Senators goaltender scrambled back into position stop a shot by Detroit's Riley Sheahan in the 15th minute.

The Senators had a 5-on-3 advantage for 20 seconds with five minutes to go in the first period after Detroit's Jonathan Ericsson (holding) and Joakim Andersson (high sticking ) were penalized.

Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips left the game in the third period because of a lower-body injury and did not return.

Senators right wing Alex Chiasson was scratched and was replaced in the lineup by Erik Condra. Chiasson was injured Saturday when he blocked a shot against the Boston Bruins. Chiasson is day-to-day.

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