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Balanced attack leads Sens over Oilers

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Ottawa, ON (Sports Network) - Jason Spezza, Mike Comrie and Dany Heatley each notched a goal and an assist, and the Ottawa Senators defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 4-2, at Scotiabank Place.

Chris Campoli also scored for the Senators, who had lost six of their previous seven games. Brian Elliot stopped 24-of-26 shots for his eighth win of the season.

Sam Gagner tallied both goals for the Oilers, who have dropped six of eight overall. Dwayne Roloson allowed four goals on 32 shots to take the loss.

Spezza put the Senators on the board just 12 seconds into the game. After stealing the puck at the opposing blue line, Spezza went in on the goaltender uncontested and slid a backhand shot past Roloson.

Ottawa increased its lead to two on a delayed Oilers penalty. Spezza made a perfect cross-ice feed to Comrie, who went top-shelf over Roloson at 4:03 of the second.

Edmonton committed another penalty soon after, leading to another Sens goal. Campoli netted this one on a tip-in out in front of the net at 6:06.

Gagner got the Oilers on the board with 9:15 left in the period, and Edmonton trailed by two heading into the third.

Heatley scored at the 11:58 mark of the third to put Ottawa ahead by three again. Gagner scored again with just under two minutes to play to cut the deficit to two, but Edmonton didn't manage any more offense.

Game Notes

The Senators have led after the first period in only 14 of 63 games this season, but are 12-2-0 when they are ahead after one...Ottawa locked up defenseman Filip Kuba for three more years on Wednesday...The Oilers were involved in several deadline deals, acquiring forward Ales Kotalik and center Patrick O'Sullivan in separate deals with the Sabres and Hurricanes, respectively. Edmonton gave up a couple draft picks and forward Erik Cole in the process...Ottawa swept the season series, 2-0, and has won four straight over Edmonton.

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