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OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators let out a collective sigh of relief Sunday night.The Senators defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in overtime to snap a five-game losing streak— scoring four unanswered goals to come from behind and secure the win.Erik Karlsson scored the game winner at 1:21 of the extra period, but Mika Zibanejad was the biggest contributor scoring twice and picking up two assists.(The win) was very important and the way we won too, said Zibanejad. To come back from 3-0 and being down that early and I think we can build on this. It shows what kind of character we have on this team.David Legwand also scored for Ottawa as Craig Anderson made 30 savesThings didnt exactly go our way at the start, but I thought that we stuck to it and actually came back with a push, said Senators coach Paul MacLean. It was a very good push that was led with Chris Neil, Craig Anderson in the net and the play of Mika Zibanejad, Bobby Ryan and Mike Hoffman.Radim Vrbata, Kevin Bieksa and Brad Richardson scored for Vancouver (18-9-1) as Eddie Lack stopped 41 shots.This marks just the second time this season the Canucks have lost back-to-back games and is the first time on the road.I dont think we played very well to be honest, said Richardson. They were a lot more desperate than us.Ottawa referred to a fight between Chris Neil and Derek Dorsett early in the second period as a turning point in the game.I thought (Neil) showed that were not just going to go away, said MacLean. Were here, were at home. You got it 2-0 and you guys got a break here and made a good play on another one, but were here and were going to play. I think he really showed his teammates that were here to play and were here to compete and we needed to start doing it.Dorsett was less than impressed with Neil and didnt mince words after the game.The first period he asked me to fight and I tell him, no Ive got a bad hand, and he keeps coming after me and finally I fight him, said Dorsett. Its a pretty even fight and then I fall down, he gets two punches in and the refs in there so its just uncalled for and then he does the junior move and starts waving on their fans. Its Chris Neil in a nutshell.Things looked bleak for the Senators (11-11-5) when the Canucks took a 3-0 lead early in the second as Richardson took advantage of a Chris Phillips giveaway and walked in to beat Anderson.Ottawas comeback bid started midway through the second as Legwand scored a power-play goal at 10:54.Zibanejad made it 3-2 at 14:12 of the second as he picked up his own rebound and banked it in off Yannick Weber.He completed the comeback with just over one minute remaining in the period as he took a pass from Bobby Ryan, who had three assists on the night, and beat Lack off his backhand.Zibanejad, who had been a healthy scratch for two games two weeks ago, now has four goals and three assists in his past four games.I think after those two games that I didnt play it was more of a message to dictate and play with instinct and I think I took that to heart and its something Ive been working on, said Zibanejad. Its coming more and more and obviously confidence is a big part of it, but I think playing on instinct and not thinking and not waiting around for anything that kind of helps it out too.Vancouver opened the scoring at 6:10 of the first as Vrbata showed great skill and patience as he had a nice deke to get around Anderson and score into an open net.Just over one minute later Bieksa made it 2-0 as his shot from just inside the blue-line made it through traffic.Mark Stone returned to the lineup after missing one game after taking a puck to the ankle against the Islanders last Thursday.The Canucks wrap-up their seven-game road trip Tuesday against the Montreal Canadiens, while the Senators are off until Thursday when they host the Los Angeles Kings.Notes: D Marc Methot was a late scratch. The Senators were without D Patrick Wiercioch (muscle strain), LW Milan Michalek (upper body, day-to-day) and G Robin Lehner (knee, day-to-day). C Colin Greening and C Zack Smith were healthy scratches. 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"We got well into the match, scored two early goals and that opened the game and left us able to counter and to use the speed of our players. Discount Air Max 1 .35 million. The right-hander had agreed last February to a deal that pays him $3.775 million this year and allows him to earn an additional $225,000 in bonuses based on games finished.CALGARY - Calgary and Nashville entered the night ranked 28th and 29th offensively, but you never would have known it. Shea Weber scored twice, including the go-ahead goal late in the third period, Friday night as the Predators, despite blowing two leads, escaped with a 6-5 victory over the Calgary Flames. Tied 4-4 and with the Predators on the power play, Weber took a perfect feed from Matt Cullen and fired a slapshot past Joey MacDonald from the face-off dot to put Nashville back into the lead at 14:28. On a night that featured ugly plays defensively from both sides, even the go-ahead goal was no thing of beauty either, Weber admitted. "I missed it," said the Predators defenceman. "I was trying to go up with it to be honest with you and it kind of went off the heel of my stick and I got lucky." Webers 18th goal ties him with Ottawas Erik Karlsson for second in the NHL among defencemen, one back of Winnipegs Dustin Byfuglien. "We didnt expect that coming in. We thought it was going to be a tight-checking, low-scoring game," said Weber. "Obviously its huge to get that many goals. Hopefully that can loosen guys up a bit." Cullen added his seventh goal of the season at 17:08 on a deflection. That would turn out to be the winning goal after Mike Cammalleris second of the night from a scramble 28 seconds later set up a furious final two-and-a-half minutes for the Flames, who buzzed around the Predators net and did everything but tie it against back-up goaltender Carter Hutton. "Its weird how games sometimes trend like that. When it opens up, it opens up," said Hutton, who came in for starter Pekka Rinne after Mikael Backlund tied it 4-4 on the Flames 18th shot at 13:31 of the second. "The fifth one wasnt the best goal Ive ever given up but it squeaks in," said Hutton. "The crowd starts getting into it but weve still got the one-goal lead. Youve got to stay focused and my mindset doesnt change." Victor Bartley, Patric Hornqvist and Viktor Stalberg also scored for Nashville (30-31-10), which snapped a three-game losing skid. Twenty-two-year-old centre Calle Jarnkrok had an assist in his NHL debut. Kris Russell and Jiri Hudler rounded out the scoring for Calgary (28-35-7), which lost for only the third time in its last dozen games at the Scotiabank Saddledome. "Pretty simple - no defence," said Flames head coach Bob Hartley. "Im not pointing at our goalie or our defencemen, by any means. Im talking about our team game." Down 2-0 early, the Flames fought back to tie it 3-3 before falling behind again 4-3. They came from behind one more time to even it 4-4 headed to the third. "t;We worked very hard to come back a few times in the game, but the way that we were committed defensively tonight, I dont think we had a chance," Hartley said.dddddddddddd After the game, the Flames announced that Joni Ortio, who started but was pulled after surrendering four goals on 13 shots, was being returned to Abbotsford in the American Hockey League now that Karri Ramo (knee) is ready to return to the line-up for Saturdays game in Edmonton. Hartley was quick to absolve Ortio from blame for the defeat. "It was not an easy night for him but the way we executed in the first period," said Hartley. "Us, as a team, we put our goalie in that situation. I dont think we can blame Joni Ortio by any means for this loss. That was a team loss and were much better than what we showed tonight." Leading 2-1 after the first period, Nashville increased its margin to two when Hornqvist batted in a centring pass out of the air. It was the first of five goals in a wide open, back and forth and middle period. Cammalleri drew the Flames back to within one at 6:23 and 51 seconds later, Hudler tipped in Mark Giordanos snapshot from the blue-line to tie it 3-3. "That was an old-school game, I guess. It was back and forth. We did a lot of great things and had a lot of good spurts, especially offensively, but we gave way too many chances off the rush," said Giordano, who had two assists and leads all NHL defencemen with 13 points in March. March has also been good for Cammalleri, who is tied with Jarome Iginla and Jonathan Toews for the most goals in the month with nine. "One thing were proud of, especially in the last little while, is not giving up as many chances. Tonight, we would like to do a better job of that." Hutton stopped 10-of-11 shots to earn the victory and improve to 16-11-4. MacDonald was tagged with the loss to fall to 4-4-1. He had six saves on eight shots in relief. Nashville got off to a fast start beating Ortio on both of its first two shots in the opening period. At 5:10, Bartley scored his first NHL goal, one-timing a slapshot through Ortios pads. Just 49 seconds later, Weber finished off a give-and-go with Mike Fisher on an odd-man rush. Notes: Kenny Agostino made his NHL debut for the Flames. He played left wing on a line with rookies Sean Monahan and Joe Colborne. Agostinos parents flew in from New Jersey for the game... Calgary RW Jiri Hudler (upper body) returned after missing seven games... Sidelined with upper body injuries sustained in Nashvilles last game were LW Nick Spaling, RW Patrick Eaves and C Paul Gaustad.... Agostino is the eighth player to make his NHL debut with the Flames this season. ' ' '