OTTAWA - Mathieu Perreault is still looking for his first goal of the season — sort of.
Carlos Bacca Jersey .Perreault scored in the sixth round of the shootout as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Saturday night. The fact that as a shootout goal it wont count on the stats page doesnt bother him.It was a great feeling, said Perreault of the only goal scored in the shootout. I was looking at what the other guys were doing and they were all coming in with speed and trying to rip it so I just tried to slow it down a bit and pick a corner.Luckily it went in.Perreaults timely goal helped the Jets to improve to 6-0-2 over their past eight games.Although Perreaults shootout heroics won the game, goaltending was the story of the night. Ottawas Craig Anderson and Winnipegs Ondrej Pavelec stopped a combined 73-of-75 shots through regulation and overtime.Toby Enstrom had the goal for the Jets (8-5-2) and Pavelec made 37 saves plus six more in the shootout including a huge glove save off David Legwand.Chis Neil scored in regulation for the Senators (7-3-3) while Anderson made 36 saves and denied five skaters in the shootout.I dont like the shootouts at all. Especially ones that go that long, Pavelec said. We found a way to win and it continues what weve been doing lately. It was a tough game for us. (Anderson) has been great for Ottawa all season long and he was great again tonight. It was a battle. Its all about the two points and we got them.Neither team was able to break the 1-1 tie as they entered the third period with both goaltenders shining.Legwand did have Pavelec at his mercy with less than five minutes to play in regulation.With Mark Stuart off for tripping and the Senators enjoying their second power play of the game, the puck came to Legwand at the side of the goal but he fanned on his shot with Pavelec out of position.Mike Hoffman had a great opportunity in overtime to give Ottawa the win, but his quick shot from the slot was stopped by the quicker right pad from Pavelec.Moments later, Erik Karlsson took out Jets forward Evander Kane with a hip check at the blue-line that drew a rise out of the crowd and a long gaze from Kane at Karlsson.We had opportunities in overtime to put them away and I think we gave ourselves a chance to win and thats all you can ask for, Neil explained.When you get to a shootout its a 50-50 coin flip and obviously (Anderson) gave us a chance to win. We werent able to bury one and it makes it tough when you cant score goals.Neil opened the scoring when he capitalized on the Senators only power play of the first period by beating Pavelec with a wrist shot on the short side at 11:48.The Jets used their only power play of the period to tie the game six minutes later when Enstroms point shot hit the post before finding the back of the net behind Anderson.Winnipeg outshot Ottawa 14-7 in the first period. It was Anderson that kept the game tied going into the second period. He had allowed just one goal in the two previous games heading into Saturday.It was one of those nights where both teams were playing pretty solid five-on-five and limiting the opportunities. At one point it both teams seemed to be throwing everything at the net and trying to generate things, Anderson said.Its a credit to both teams the way they played defensively and not allowing second and third opportunities. One of those games would be nice every once in a while to have few shots, but you have to look at the quality scoring chances and thats the key number. It doesnt matter what the shot clock is, its what kind of chances youre giving up and we played really solid defensively and didnt give up a whole lot so Im proud of the guys for doing that.The Senators outshot the Jets 12-10 in a scoreless second period that saw both goaltenders shine as they each made key saves.Notes: Chris Phillips, Bobby Ryan and Alex Caisson were all scratches for the Senators on Saturday. Adam Pardy and Matt Halischuk were scratches for the Jets…The Senators wrap up a four-game homestand Sunday against the Toronto Maple Leafs…The game was the first of five straight on the road for the Jets, who next play in Montreal Tuesday…Four of Clarke MacArthurs team-leading seven goals for the Senators have come on the power play…Kyle Turris is one assist shy of 100 for his career. He has 72 with the Senators…Jets forward Andrew Ladd is tied for the NHL lead in game-opening-goals with four…The Jets currently have the longest drought in the NHL without a hat trick. The last one was recorded by Eric Boulton on Dec. 18, 2010 when they were still the Atlanta Thrashers.
Carlos Sanchez Moreno Jersey . Tokarski, a somewhat controversial choice -- with his 10 games of NHL experience and all -- to replace an injured Carey Price in Game Two had a night to remember, turning back a Rangers team that was dominating play from the get-go, outshooting the Canadiens 14-4 in the first period and 37-25 overall.
James Rodriguez Jersey . The Braves optioned outfielder Jose Constanza to Triple-A Gwinnett. As expected, the Braves also called up right-hander Julio Teheran from Gwinnett to start Sundays game and optioned backup catcher J.PARIS - Spains Tommy Robredo defeated Vancouvers Vasek Pospisil 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday in a first-round match at the Paris Masters tennis tournament.Robredo needed just over two hours to earn the win over Pospisil, who had 13 aces in his final singles match of the season. Pospisil earned a break in the final set to go ahead 3-2, then held serve took a 4-2 advantage with an ace.But Robredo recorded a break of his own, then held serve to tie the match 4-4. Pospisil then took the set into the tie-breaker with yet another ace.After falling behind 4-2, Pospisil saved two match points before losing on the third after sending a return long.It was frustrating for sure, he played well, said Pospisil. I played a good match after the first set, I had a high lever.We were both pretty tired at end. He had a tough week last week (losing in Valencia final) and Ive been going eight weeks in a row. In the circumstances we were both playing well. Hes a good fighter and got the better of meBut Im just happy that I played a betteer match than last week (a straight-sets, second-round loss to Grigor Dimitrov at Swiss Indoors).
David Ospina Colombia Jersey. Today I felt more like myself, competing well and playing a good match.Pospisil will now turn his attention to doubles as he and American Jack Sock, the 14 Wimbledon champions, are fighting to qualify for next months eight-team World Tour Finals in London.Well go out there and do our best, he said. Ill try to forget this loss and turn to doubles.On Sunday, Pospisil and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic won the doubles title at the Swiss Indoors event. Zimonjic is also a former partner of Torontos Daniel Nestor.In other singles action, Spains Fernando Verdasco advanced to the third round by dispatching 15th-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Also, Jeremy Chardy of France defeated Kenny De Schepper of France 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay advanced when Leonardo Mayer of Argentina retired because of a back injury while trailing 7-6 (3), 1-0.---With files from The Associated Press. ' ' '