Canadiens home opener at the Bell Centre.
,Vermette opened the shootout by slipping a backhander through the legs of Cristobal Huet. Ray Emery then stopped two Montreal shooters and Fisher sealed Denis Hamel and Chris Kelly scored in regulation for the Senators, who ended a "This was a tough one and fortunately for us we won it," said Emery.
Chris Higgins and Sergei Samsonov scored for the Canadiens, who saw their "Ottawa has a solid team, but we battled back to get a point," said Samsonov. The Senators struck first and scored 7:07 into the game to go up 1-0. Hamel stole the puck off a Montreal defender behind the net, skated out in front the first.
Saku Koivu intercepted an outlet pass in the neutral zone and dished the puck up to Higgins, who dashed into the Montreal zone. From the right circle, Higgins fired a slap shot past the glove of Emery. Ottawa regained the lead a little over two minutes after Higgins' goal.
From the left circle, Patrick Eaves slid the disc across to Kelly, who one-timed After a scoreless middle session, the Habs came out in the third and managed With just under six minutes left in the contest, Emery made a glove save on Samsonov, though, tied the game at 2-2 with just 3:23 left in regulation. Ottawa won for the first time in its last four trips to the Bell Centre..
. Hamel and Kelly's goals were their first of the season..
.Higgins has two short-handed goals on the campaign..
.The Senators did not score on five power- 2006 Sports Network. All rights reserved.
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